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rangale

rangale noun: the ranks or body of an army.

Noun

rangale

  1. (obsolete, rare) The ranks or body of an army.
  2. (rare) A herd of deer.
    • A rangale fled across the road just a few feet in front of my car.
    • By the time I reacted, this particular rangale, having evaded death by a mere hair's breadth, was disappearing downhill on the other side of the road.2026, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Savvy Summers and the Po'boy Perils: A Mystery, St. Martin's Publishing Group

Examples of rangale in a sentence

  • Sometimes when we popped over a ridgeline, we would see a herd of caribou, a rangale of deer, and occasionally a small gang of elk.2025, Dominic M. Martin, Dad: A Son Remembers, Austin Macauley Publishers:
  • In the wild little grove stood a grand stag watching over his rangale.2024, Patricia Monge, A Quiet Rumble, page 9:

Origin of rangale

From French rengaille.

Questions about rangale

What does rangale mean?
Rangale means the ranks or body of an army.
How do you use rangale in a sentence?
Sometimes when we popped over a ridgeline, we would see a herd of caribou, a rangale of deer, and occasionally a small gang of elk.
What part of speech is rangale?
Rangale is a noun.

Words near rangale in the dictionary

  1. Rang-ay
  2. Rang-ayan
  3. ranga
  4. Ranga Reddy
  5. rangaku
  6. rangale
  7. Rangamati District
  8. Ranganath
  9. Ranganatha
  10. Rangari
  11. rangas

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