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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.
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Origin of forest ranger

First recorded in 1820–30
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words

rangerforester

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Historical Examples

  • In these the black bear is the only forest-ranger of the family.

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    Mayne Reid

  • A forest-ranger has to look after the forest just as a gardener has to tend a garden.

  • "I'm a forest-ranger," and he threw back his coat, exhibiting a keystone shaped badge on his breast.

  • "You are cowards," said the swallow, perching himself on the forest-ranger's weathercock, and peering out over the landscape.

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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