1
a
: the keeper of a British royal park or forest
b
2
: one that ranges
3
a
: a member of an armed group who ranges over a region especially to enforce the law
b
: a soldier specially trained in close-range fighting and in raiding tactics
Examples of ranger in a Sentence
She's now a ranger at a national forest in Montana.
We were fortunate enough to get a tour from a ranger when we visited Yellowstone National Park.
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Park rangers learned that the car with a single occupant had plunged over the rim near South Kaibab Trailhead, the National Park Service (NPS) said.
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Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Across the service, rangers have been furloughed or forced to stay home, leaving huge swaths of the country’s most beautiful and vulnerable backcountry unprotected to visitors.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Nov. 2025
That could mean permits with teeth, budgets tied to monitoring, and rangers who have time, training, and clear guidelines.
—William Jones, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Rader Lane, the ranger, said researchers had found that the elk might be crowding into the village because the Coconino Rim just south of there, where we were headed next, had a particularly high concentration of mountain lions.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
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Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Across the service, rangers have been furloughed or forced to stay home, leaving huge swaths of the country’s most beautiful and vulnerable backcountry unprotected to visitors.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Nov. 2025
That could mean permits with teeth, budgets tied to monitoring, and rangers who have time, training, and clear guidelines.
—William Jones, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Rader Lane, the ranger, said researchers had found that the elk might be crowding into the village because the Coconino Rim just south of there, where we were headed next, had a particularly high concentration of mountain lions.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Ranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranger. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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ranger
noun
rang·er
ˈrān-jər 
1
2
a
: a member of a body of troops who range over a region
b
: a soldier in an army unit with special training (as parachute jumping and scuba diving) for making surprise attacks and raids
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