forest ranger

noun

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

forest ranger

noun

1. a government official who patrols and protects forests, wildlife, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of forest ranger¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Among the last holdouts is Delancey Wells, a former forest ranger who maneuvers her way into a job at the Every with the hope of tanking it from the inside.

From Quartz

The Forest Ranger must be a man who is physically sound and capable of enduring great hardships.

From Project Gutenberg

Each Forest Ranger works and studies over his plans for the next year with which he hopes to protect his district from fire.

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He is a forest ranger, and has authority over things besides trees.

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Clyde Wendell, guarded by a forest ranger, sat propped carelessly back in his chair, a look of amused contempt on his face.

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

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