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 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 (Dungeons & Dragons)
• 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
  • Canadian Rangers
  • The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)
  • The Rocky Mountain Rangers
• Irish Army Rangers
• Royal Ranger Regiment of the Malaysian Army
• Pakistan Rangers
• 1st Scout Ranger Regiment of the Philippine Army
• Yeger (Russian: егерь)
• Special Operations Troops Centre of the Portuguese Army, also known as the Portuguese Rangers
• Singaporean Rangers
• United States Army Rangers
  • 75th Ranger Regiment
  • 75th Ranger Infantry Regiment (Airborne)
  • Ranger School
• U.S. Navy
  • USS Ranger, the name of several warships
  • VQ-2 Rangers
• South Vietnamese Army
  • South Vietnamese Army Rangers

Places

• Ranger, Georgia
• Ranger, Texas
  • Ranger College, college in Ranger, Texas
• Ranger, West Virginia
• Ranger Elementary School, Tiverton, RI

Sports

See also: Rangers F.C. (disambiguation)

• 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:
  • Ranger 1, Ranger 2, Ranger 3, Ranger 4, Ranger 5, Ranger 6, Ranger 7, Ranger 8, Ranger 9
• 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

• Jäger (military)de:Ranger

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