Definition of "ranger"

ranger

/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

noun
plural rangers
1. One who ranges; a rover.
  1. A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
2. A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
3. (obsolete) That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
  Quotations
  The tamis raunger.
  1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635
4. A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
5. (military) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
6. (literature, roleplaying games) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
7. (roleplaying games) A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
verb
third-person singular simple present rangers, present participle rangering, simple past and past participle rangered
1. (rare, transitive) To work as a ranger.
  Quotations
  Just like down in Texas when I was rangering, you just keep turning over rocks […]
  1993, Robert Kammen, Rattlers Roost, page 59
  He saw men long dead whom he had rangered with, saw Pedro Flores and Pea Eye and a redheaded whore he had taken up with for a month in his riverboating days.
  2011, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

Definition of "ranger"

ranger

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