Usually means: Protector of parks, wildlife, forests.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word ranger:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. ranger: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ranger: Merriam-Webster
  3. Ranger, ranger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ranger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ranger: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Ranger, ranger: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ranger, ranger: Wordnik
  8. Ranger, ranger: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Ranger, ranger: Wiktionary
  10. ranger: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ranger: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ranger: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Ranger, ranger: Dictionary.com
  14. ranger: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. ranger: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Ranger (Dungeons & Dragons), Ranger (Girl Guide), Ranger (Middle-earth), Ranger (US Army), Ranger (automobile), Ranger (character class), Ranger (disambiguation), Ranger (file manager), Ranger (film), Ranger (magazine), Ranger (ride), Ranger (yacht), Ranger, The Ranger (film), The Ranger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Ranger: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. ranger: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. ranger: Rhymezone
  20. Ranger, ranger: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. ranger: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Ranger: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. ranger: FreeDictionary.org
  24. ranger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. ranger: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Ranger (disambiguation), ranger: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ranger (disambiguation), Ranger: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ranger: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Ranger: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See rangering as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  One who ranges; a rover.
noun:  A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
noun:  A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
noun:  (obsolete) That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
noun:  A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
noun:  (military) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
noun:  (literature, roleplaying games) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
noun:  (roleplaying games) A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
verb:  (rare, transitive) To work as a ranger.
noun:  (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).
noun:  A surname.

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