forest ranger

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noun
  1. any of the officers employed by the government to supervise the care and preservation of forests, especially public forests.

Origin of forest ranger

1
First recorded in 1820–30

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How to use forest ranger in a sentence

  • It seemed a strange thing for me to be trying to explain forestry to a forest ranger, but so it was.

    The Young Forester | Zane Grey

British Dictionary definitions for forest ranger

forest ranger

noun
  1. mainly US and Canadian a government official who patrols and protects forests, wildlife, etc

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