ranger
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒə//
- United States//ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒɚ//
- Australia//ˈɹæ̝ɪ̯nd͡ʒə//
One who ranges; a rover.
noun
- 1
One who ranges; a rover.
- 2
One who ranges; a rover. A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
- 3
A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
- 4
obsoleteThat which separates or arranges; a sieve.
The tamis raunger.
- 5
A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
- 6
In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
- 7
A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
- 8
A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengierbor. Middle English rengen English range Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English ranger From range (verb) + -er.
verb
- 1
rareTo work as a ranger.
Just like down in Texas when I was rangering, you just keep turning over rocks […]
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.
Forms
- plural
- rangers
- past tense
- rangered
- past participle
- rangered
- present participle
- rangering
- third person singular
- rangers