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long-ranger

long-ranger is the alternative spelling of long ranger.

Meaning of long ranger

Noun

long ranger (plural long rangers)

  1. A historical linguist engaged in search of long-range relationships among already established language families by comparing proto-languages.
    • He thinks that long-rangers often use Pokorny's material uncritically ("fishing expeditions in Pokorny's") although it is considered to be dated in many respects by the modern state of Indo-European studies.1993, N. N., Report on 2nd Comparative Workshop: Nostratic

Forms of long-ranger

plurallong-rangers

Questions about long-ranger

What is long-ranger the alternative spelling of?
Long-ranger is the alternative spelling of long ranger.

Words near long-ranger in the dictionary

  1. long-pressing
  2. long-primer
  3. long-range
  4. long-range reconnaissance patrol
  5. long-range reconnaissance patrols
  6. long-ranger
  7. long-rangers
  8. long-ranging
  9. long-running
  10. long-sighted
  11. long-sightedness

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