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long ranger

long ranger noun: a historical linguist engaged in search of long-range relationships among already established language families by comparing proto-languages.

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
    • Yes, all the long rangers, as far as I can tell, are not controlling for the possibility that the similarities between languages they are working on fall within the range of what one would expect by chance alone.1995, Donald Ringe, Conference Report, Twelfth International Conference on Historical Linguistics

Forms of long ranger

plurallong rangers
alternative formlong-ranger

Questions about long ranger

What does long ranger mean?
Long ranger means a historical linguist engaged in search of long-range relationships among already established language families by comparing proto-languages.
What part of speech is long ranger?
Long ranger is a noun.
What is the plural of long ranger?
The plural of long ranger is long rangers.

Words near long ranger in the dictionary

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