/ˈreɪndʒə/
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Translation
A person whose job is to look after a forest or a large park.
Word origin
From range plus the ending -er; a ranger originally ranged, or roamed, across an area of land to guard it.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- rangier
- English cognates
- range, arrange
Grammar
Gender
Pluralrangers
Examples
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A ranger knows the land they look after very well.
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"Park ranger" is the full name of the job.
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"Rangers" is the plural, meaning more than one ranger.
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