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ranger

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Noun
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rang=er

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ranger has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

rangern. 
  •  One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.  [1913 Webster]
  •  That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve.  Holland.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A dog that beats the ground in search of game.  [1913 Webster]
  •  One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc.
    "Rangers in U.S. national parks and national monuments perform a similar function."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ranger, n.
1 a keeper of a royal or national park, or of a forest.
2 a member of a body of armed men, esp.: a a mounted soldier. b US a commando.
3 (Ranger) Brit. a senior Guide.
4 a wanderer.

Derivative
rangership n.

THESAURUS

ranger

Audubon Society, Gurkhas, National Wildlife Service, SS, Sierra Club, Special Forces, Waffen-SS, air warden, arboriculturist, attendant, caretaker, castellan, conservationist, conservator, curator, custodian, deliverer, elite corps, elite troops, forest ranger, forester, game warden, gamekeeper, governor, guardian, guardian angel, guardsmen, janitor, keeper, lifeguard, lifesaver, logger, lumberjack, lumberman, marines, next friend, paratroops, preservationist, preserver, prochein ami, rescuer, safekeeper, saver, savior, shepherd, shock troops, silviculturist, special troops, steward, storm troops, taxidermist, timberman, tree farmer, warden, warder, wood chopper, woodcraftsman, woodcutter, woodman, woodsman

ROGET THESAURUS

ranger

Director

N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.

Keeper

N keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard, watchdog, watchman, Charley, chokidar, durwan, hayward, sentry, sentinel, watch and ward, concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper, escort, bodyguard, protector, governor, duenna, guardian, governess, nurse, nanny, babysitter, catsitter, dogsitter, bonne, ayah.

Thief

N thief, robber, homo triumliterarum, pilferer, rifler, filcher, plagiarist, spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder, harpy, shark, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit, pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier, piqueerer, pickeerer, rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster, rapparee, wrecker, picaroon, smuggler, poacher, abductor, badger, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up, jackleg, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man, highwayman, Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, Macheath, footpad, sturdy beggar, cut purse, pick purse, pickpocket, light-fingered gentry, sharper, card sharper, skittle sharper, thimblerigger, rook, Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher, defaulter, Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster, swell mob, chevalier d'industrie, shoplifter, swindler, peculator, forger, coiner, fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer, smasher, burglar, housebreaker, cracksman, magsman, Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild, gang, gang of thieves, theft ring, organized crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra, Dillinger, Al Capone, Robin Hood.

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