Lone Ranger
A solitary, sometimes mysterious or heroic, person.
The Lone Ranger is always alone in a wilderness he does not quite call home.
ranger
UK /ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒə/ US /ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒɚ/
noun 6verb 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
dirty, still
VERB + RANGER
become, park, power
RANGER + NOUN
enclosure, plates, years
PREP.
in, on
Definitions
noun
1
One who ranges; a rover.
2
One who ranges; a rover.
3
A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
4
That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
The tamis raunger.
5
A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
verb
1
To work as a ranger.
Just like down in Texas when I was rangering, you just keep turning over rocks […]
He saw men long dead whom he had rangered with, saw Pedro Flores and Pea Eye and a redheaded whore he had taken up with for a month in his riverboating days.
noun
1
A player on any of various teams called Rangers, such as the Texas Rangers (in baseball) or the New York Rangers (in ice hockey).
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Synonyms
noun — a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The tamis raunger.
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Just like down in Texas when I was rangering, you just keep turning over rocks […]
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He saw men long dead whom he had rangered with, saw Pedro Flores and Pea Eye and a redheaded whore he had taken up with for a month in his riverboating days.
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The floor was strewn with party favors: torn noisemakers, crumpled party hats, and dirty Power Ranger plates.
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Tom always thought he'd like to become a forest ranger.
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Tom is a forest ranger.
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i Register
In some senses, ranger is marked as obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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