Definition of ranger

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Ranger (n.) One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot..

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Ranger :: Ranger (n.) A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
Bushranger :: Bushranger (n.) One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush..
Know :: Know (v. i.) To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization..
Orangeroot :: Orangeroot (n.) An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc..
Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
Sojournment :: Sojournment (n.) Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler..
Prytaneum :: Prytaneum (n.) A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers..
Deranger :: Deranger (n.) One who deranges.
Orangery :: Orangery (n.) A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.
Foreigner :: Foreigner (n.) A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger..
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London..
Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers..
Xenelasia :: Xenelasia (n.) A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the national simplicity of manners..
Xenodochium :: Xenodochium (n.) A house for the reception of strangers.
Grangerize :: Grangerize (v. t. & i.) To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books.
Usher :: Usher (n.) An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc..
Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country..
Arranger :: Arranger (n.) One who arranges.
Grangerism :: Grangerism (n.) The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books.
Scavage :: Scavage (n.) A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts..
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