Ranger
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Ranger may mean a keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region to protect the area or enforce the law ("range" meaning "travel around an area"). In Britain, the term has long been associated with a keeper of a royal forest or park. Likewise, in the US the term has meant a warden employed to maintain and protect a natural area, such as a government forest or park. Since at least the 18th Century, the term has had the military meaning of a commando or guerrilla soldier proficient in raids and ambushes. Sports teams have been avid in adopting the mystique of the name.
[edit] Military
- British Army
- Canadian Forces
- Irish Army Rangers
- Malaysian Army Regimen Renjer Diraja (Royal Ranger Regiment)
- Pakistan Rangers
- CTOE also known as Portuguese "Rangers" (Centro de Tropas de Operações Especiais)
- Singaporean Rangers
- United States Army Rangers
- U.S. Navy
- USS Ranger
- VQ-2 Rangers
[edit] Forest or park wardens
[edit] Law enforcement
- Texas Ranger Division
- Arizona Rangers
- Council Ranger
- Park Ranger
[edit] Geography
- Ranger, Georgia; the zip code is 30734.
- Ranger, Texas; the zip code is 76470.
- Ranger, West Virginia; the zip code is 25557.
[edit] Information Technology
- Ranger (suite of software products), is a suite of software products designed for the education sector.
[edit] Sports
See Rangers F.C. (disambiguation) for football teams.
- Rangers - Scottish Premier League football team
- Texas Rangers - Major League Baseball team
- New York Rangers - National Hockey League team
- Kitchener Rangers - Ontario Hockey League team
- Ranger (yacht), the famous J-class yacht which defended the America's Cup in 1937
[edit] Fiction
- Ranger (Middle-earth), from J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe, Middle-earth
- Ranger (Transformers) is an Autobot character from the Transformers fictional series.
- The Lone Ranger
- Walker, Texas Ranger
- The Rangers, a Marvel Comics superhero team based in Texas.
- Power Rangers
- The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Ranger (character class), a character class for many role-playing games
- Ranger (Babylon 5), a military organisation in the television series Babylon 5
- Ranger magazine, a British magazine for children
- Airborne Ranger, a video game
- Ranger (board game), (board game)
- Pokémon Ranger, a video game for the Nintendo DS
[edit] Other
- Black Rock Ranger, a volunteer mediator at Burning Man events
- Ranger program was a series of unmanned NASA moon probes in the 1960s - Ranger 1, Ranger 2, Ranger 3, Ranger 4, Ranger 5, Ranger 6, Ranger 7, Ranger 8, Ranger 9
- Ford Ranger light truck
- Hino Ranger medium duty truck
- Ranger rough terrain forklift truck, developed in Germany from Rainer Becker and Alfred Reck, today made in Austria, Perg
- RUAG Ranger is a tactical UAV from RUAG Aerospace in Switzerland
- Ranger (GM) was a General Motors car model that lasted from 1968 to 1976
- Risembool Rangers is the official fan club for Vic Mignogna
- Ranger (ride), an amusement park ride
- Ranger (Girl Guide), a section of the Girl Guiding programme
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