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ranger
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In J. R. R. Tolkien 's legendarium , the Rangers were two secretive, independent groups organized by the Dúnedain of the North ( Arnor ) and South ( Gondor ) in the Third Age . Like their Númenórean ancestors, they appeared to possess qualities closely ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "gamekeeper," agent noun from range (v.)). Attested from 1660s in sense of "man (often mounted) who polices an area." The elite U.S. combat unit is attested from 1942 (organized 1941).
Usage examples of ranger.
The purpose of those killings could only have been to dupe whoever was on the receiving end of those subconscious television messages into believing that this Abraxas character is some sort of Lone Ranger, spreading good wherever he goes.
As she entered the familiar channel between Amygdaloid Island and Belle Isle, and saw the ranger station snugged up safe from storms at the foot of the moss-covered cliff, she allowed herself one short dream of cholla cactus and skies without milky veils of moisture, of a sun with fire to it and food hotter even than that.
An overcast sky pressed down to the top of the cliff that backed Amygdaloid Ranger Station.
Iain sent Morgan into the fort to make a full report to Wentworth, while he bore Annie across the bateau bridge to the island that served as Ranger camp.
She never set foot across the bateau bridge without a Ranger shadowing her.
In the stories the folk of Caer Tinella had told him about the ranger, and in the time he had spent beside Nightbird, he had seen only good in the man, a true hero to the beleaguered folk of the northland.
Their outlook was reinforced by the whipping post, the gallows, the public stocks and an efficient, if bribable, squad of town rangers.
Texas Ranger star on the pocket was creaseless, his dark blue patterned tie in perfect order.
Tsoran medical supplies and drugs, extra rations suitable for all the species involved, and a waiting crew of several Fan drean rangers.
The Space Ranger did not move or speak, and Hennes found his eyes fastened upon the apparition.
With a quick series of whistles and a hard pull on the reins, the ranger swung the hippogriff in a broad loop that came to bear straight toward the smoke.
The hippogriff was crouched in bloodstained snow, tearing at the carcass of a deer, forcing the ranger to wait until the meal was done.
Grand Moff Hissa admitted the boarding party, knowing full well that no Imperial, from the ranks of grand moff all the way down to ranger sixth class, had ever refused a request from the Prophets of the Dark Side.
I had been building myself a New Texas stereotype from Hoddy Ringo and the Ranger officer who had chased us to the Embassy.
Hoddy looked around nervously, as though he could already hear an army of New Texas Rangers, each with a warrant for Hoddy Ringo, battering at the gates.