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# ranger

noun (ranger, rangers)

«ranger» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A ranger is a person whose job is to look after a park, forest or wild area, protect its animals and plants, and help and guide visitors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/#m1)
2. In some armies, a ranger is a specially trained soldier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/#m2)
3. In stories, a ranger is someone who wanders and guards wild lands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/#m3)

### In the lessons

Everyday life and safety: in national parks (USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK) rangers give talks, mark trails, warn about danger such as bears, fires or floods, and rescue lost walkers — if you are lost or hurt in a park, find a ranger. In science, rangers count animals and stop poachers. Phrases: park ranger, forest ranger, ranger station, junior ranger.

### Examples

- The park ranger showed us how to tell a bear track from a dog track. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/#x1)
- Ask a ranger before you light a campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/#x2)
- The ranger station is at the start of the trail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/#x3)
- Rangers counted the koalas in the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/#x4)
- I earned a Junior Ranger badge at Yellowstone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/#x5)
- A ranger closed the path because of the flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/#x6)
- In the story, the ranger guarded the forest from the wolves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a ranger, rangers. Rangers are helpers you can trust in parks, like police officers in a town; they usually wear a uniform and a badge. Do not confuse with «range» (a row of mountains, or a set of numbers from smallest to largest).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ranger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranger/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ranger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ranger.html) on Mova free.