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ranger

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1. ranger - Noun

2. ranger - Verb

3. Ranger - Proper noun

Meaning

One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.

That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve.

One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger. Dan Rather

So when people go to the park this summer, they are not going to have the same quality of a visit. There is not going to be a ranger out on the trail to tell them about the important cultural and historic areas within the Olympic National Park. Norm Dicks

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. Billy Connolly

We walk in dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One. We die for the One. -- the Ranger oath. J. Michael Straczynski

I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office. Harrison Ford

I am a fighter. I believe in that which is right, and the truth is, I have been the Lone Ranger for the past thirty years and I will not give up the fight. I love my public and I'll fight for you. I'll continue to make personal appearances for my thousands of fans. Clayton Moore

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