ranger

IPA: rˈeɪndʒɝ

One who ranges; a rover.
A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
(obsolete) That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
(military) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
(literature, roleplaying games) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
(roleplaying games) A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
(sports) A player on any of various teams called Rangers, such as the Texas Rangers (in baseball) or the New York Rangers (in ice hockey).
A surname.

Examples of "ranger" in Sentences

Someone must have prank-called the ranger station.
Now I just have to figure out how my chaotic good tiefling ranger is going to be a decent male and I’m all right.
Within the 4e structure, which I’m starting to understand now, I have to say ranger is a good class and paladin is a bad class.
"When a man hires out to be a ranger," Ross went on, "he don't expect to be a carpenter, or a stone mason; he expects to be a _ranger_!"
Them one day I was reading a book about long range recon ranger from the 101st airmobile division and specifically the Lima company rangers.
� GRANT: We're in another suburb now, where a local park ranger is asking the newspaper delivery man about the dominant male in the neighborhood.
Byler's patrol was walking slowly, carefully, in what is called "ranger style," with each man following in the footsteps of the man in front of him.
Phyllis breaks a glass when she calls the ranger station and is told that they saw a car heading up there a little while ago but no one has come back down from there yet.
Within this publication, the term ranger force describes any size force consisting mainly of members of the ranger regiment and led by a member of the ranger regiment's chain of command.
For example, the ranger is automatically trained in Dungeoneering or Nature (your choice), and then can choose four others at first level from their class skills list – acrobatics, athletics, dungeoneering, endurance, heal, nature, perception, and stealth.