ranger
Syllables: ran·ger/ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒə/US/ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒɚ/
ranger noun: one who ranges; a rover.
Noun (1)
ranger (plural rangers)
- One who ranges; a rover.
- A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
- That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
- 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....
- A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
- In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
- A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
- A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
Verb
ranger (third-person singular simple present rangers, present participle rangering, simple past and past participle rangered)
- To work as a ranger.
- 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
Noun (2) capitalized: Ranger
Ranger (plural Rangers)
- A player on any of various teams called Rangers, such as the Texas Rangers (in baseball) or the New York Rangers (in ice hockey).
Proper noun capitalized: Ranger
Ranger
- A surname.
ranger meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Tagalog
ranger in Tamil
- வனச் சரகர், வனத்துறை அதிகாரி, ஒரு சரகம், பகுதியின் ஆயுதந்தாங்கிச் சுற்றுக்காவலர், கொரில்லா சண்டைமுறையில், குறிப்பாகக் காடு
ranger in Bengali
- বনরক্ষক, বনরক্ষী, ভ্রমণকারী, পর্যটক, শিকারী কুকুর, প্রহরারৎ সৈনিক
ranger in Kannada
- ಅರಣ್ಯಾಧಿಕಾರಿ, ಅರಣ್ಯರಕ್ಷಕ, ಅಡವಿಯ ಶಾಖಾಧಿಕಾರಿ, ವನಪಾಲಕ, ಕಾಡುರಕ್ಷಕ, ಕಮಾಂಡೋ ದಳದವನು
ranger in Tagalog
- keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region — see also forest ranger, park ranger
- tanod-gubat
More languagesFewer languages
- ranger in Malay
- renjer
- ranger in Persian
- رنجر renjer
Examples of ranger in a sentence
- The ranger said that working a fire is called being "on the fireline."
- The man joined a group of bergies sleeping near the police station and pretended to be one of them when confronted by the rangers.
- Rangers' treatment of Murty was rounded upon by, among others, Rodgers and Neil Lennon, two Celtic men.
Forms of ranger
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rangers |
| plural | Rangers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rangers |
| present participle | rangering |
| past participle | rangered |
| past | rangered |
Origin of ranger
From range (verb) + -er.
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Questions about ranger
- What does ranger mean?
- Ranger means one who ranges; a rover.
- What is ranger in Tamil?
- Ranger in Tamil is வனச் சரகர், வனத்துறை அதிகாரி, ஒரு சரகம். See Ranger meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ranger?
- Ranger can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ranger?
- Ranger is pronounced /ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ranger?
- The plural of ranger is rangers.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ranger (page history and authors); Ranger (page history and authors); ranger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ranger (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ranger (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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