Ranger
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceRanger 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 17th 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.
Games
- Ranger (board game), a board game
- Pokémon Ranger, a video game
- Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage, a sequel
- Airborne Ranger, a video game
- Ranger is the title of the main character in the computer game Quake and is an opponent in Quake III Arena.
Fictional characters
- Ranger (Middle-earth), from J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe, Middle-earth
- Ranger (Transformers), an Autobot character from the Transformers series
- The Lone Ranger
- The Rangers (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero team
- Ranger (character class), a character class for many role-playing games
- Ranger (Babylon 5), a Human-Minbari military organisation in the television series Babylon 5
Law enforcement
- US National Park Rangers
- Texas Ranger Division
- Arizona Rangers
- California State Rangers
- Council ranger
- Newfoundland Rangers
- Park Ranger
- Game Warden
Military
- British Army.
- The Rangers (KRRC) Territorial Army
- Butler's Rangers
- The Connaught Rangers
- Rogers' Rangers
- Royal Irish Rangers
- Canadian Forces
- Irish Army Rangers
- Royal Ranger Regiment of the Malaysian Army
- Pakistan Rangers
- 1st Scout Ranger Regiment of the Philippine Army
- Yeger (егерь)
- Special Operations Troops Centre of the Portuguese Army, also known as the Portuguese Rangers
- Singaporean Rangers
- United States Army Rangers
- U.S. Navy
- USS Ranger, the name of several warships
- VQ-2 Rangers
- South Vietnamese Army
Places
- Ranger, Georgia
- Ranger, Texas
- Ranger College, college in Ranger, Texas
- Ranger, West Virginia
- Ranger Elementary School, Tiverton, RI
Sports
- Rangers F.C., a Scottish Premier League football team
- Berwick Rangers F.C., a football team based in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, playing in the Scottish Football League
- Queens Park Rangers F.C., an English football league team
- Hong Kong Rangers FC, a Hong Kong football team
- Texas Rangers (baseball), a Major League Baseball team
- New York Rangers, a National Hockey League team
- Kitchener Rangers, an Ontario Hockey League team
- Ranger (yacht), the yacht which defended the America's Cup in 1937
Television
- Walker, Texas Ranger, a TV show starring Chuck Norris
- Power Rangers, a long-running children's TV show
- The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Vehicles
- Ford Ranger a light truck
- Hino Ranger a medium duty truck
- Ranger (GM) a General Motors car model from 1968 to 1976
Other
- Black Rock Ranger, a volunteer mediator at Burning Man events
- Lawn Rangers, a precision marching parade group from Arcola, Illinois, USA
- Park ranger
- Ranger (Girl Guide), a section of the Girl Guiding programme
- Ranger (ride), an amusement park ride
- Ranger Aircraft Engine Division of Fairchild Aircraft
- Ranger program, a series of unmanned NASA moon probes in the 1960s:
- Royal Rangers, a Christian youth movement
- RUAG Ranger, a tactical UAV from RUAG Aerospace in Switzerland
- Ranger Suite, is a suite of software products designed for the education sector by Sentinel Products Ltd.
- Ranger (magazine), a British magazine for children
- Ranger Rick, a children's nature magazine
- Sloane Ranger, a (generally) female metropolitan Brit from a particular social class
- Ranger Uranium Mine in the Northern Territory, Australia
See also
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