Definitions for rangerˈreɪn dʒər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

rang•erˈreɪn dʒər(n.)

  1. Ref: forest ranger.

  2. one of a body of armed guards who patrol a region.

    Category: Military

  3. (often cap.) a U.S. soldier trained for making surprise raids and attacks in small groups.

    Category: Military

  4. a person who ranges or roves.

  5. (esp. in Texas) a member of the state police.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  6. Brit. a keeper of a royal forest or park.

    Category: British

Origin of ranger:

1350–1400

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Texas Ranger, Ranger(noun)

    a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier

  2. fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger(noun)

    an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest

  3. commando, ranger(noun)

    a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. ranger(noun)ˈreɪn dʒər

    a park ranger

    ***A ranger spotted the fire.

  2. rangerˈreɪn dʒər

    a police officer in some U.S. states

Wiktionary

  1. ranger(Noun)

    A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.

  2. Origin: From the verb .

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ranger(noun)

    one who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber

  2. Ranger(noun)

    that which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve

  3. Ranger(noun)

    a dog that beats the ground in search of game

  4. Ranger(noun)

    one of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot

  5. Ranger(noun)

    the keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc


Translations for ranger

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ranger(noun)

a person who looks after a forest or park.

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