Texas Ranger

noun

: a member of a formerly mounted police force in Texas

Examples of Texas Ranger in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web During an initial prison interrogation, Texas Ranger Jim Holland laid out pictures of all four murder victims in front of Reece. Claire Lempert, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024 All of them testified, included the former Texas Ranger, David Maxwell. Paul J. Weber, Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023 Graham also appeared in episodes of Ally McBeal, Walker, Texas Ranger, Nash Bridges, and Nip/Tuck, and had a six-episode supporting role on JAG. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2024 An aging Texas Ranger and a mob thirsty for law and order take their shot(s). Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023 Looming large in the story is the fictional character, Esau Pierce (Barry Pepper), a ruthless former Confederate soldier who goes on to become a Texas Ranger with intentions that skew less honorably than Reeves’. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023 Despite the tribe’s eagerness to aid the detectives, the case stalled, only gaining ground in 1925 when J. Edgar Hoover asked Tom White, a former Texas Ranger, to take over. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023 His television features included M*A*S*H*, Walker, Texas Ranger, and Law & Order. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023 Probably the thing that stands out to me, from everybody who’s gone in to see him, is everybody comes back and says, ‘This guy is a Texas Ranger. Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Texas Ranger was in 1846

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“Texas Ranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Texas%20Ranger. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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