One way to hold this word: a ranger is a person whose patch is a wide, rough piece of country. They cover it on foot or by vehicle, they know it better than visitors do, and they answer for what happens on it. Every other use keeps that shape — someone who moves over the land instead of sitting in one place.
From the word’s history
Wiktionary's etymology tree places ranger under the English verb range (to move about over an area), plus the agent ending -er, with range itself coming through Old French rengier and Middle English rengen. On that reading the word is simply 'one who ranges'.
維基詞典的字源樹把 ranger 掛在英文動詞 range（在一片範圍裡來回移動）底下，再加上表示「做這件事的人」的字尾 -er；range 這條線往上是古法文 rengier、中古英文 rengen。照這條線讀，這個字就是「在一片範圍裡來回走動的人」。
Wiktionary, "ranger"
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原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Rangernoun
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hobbieslifestylesportsA player on any of various teams called Rangers, such as the Texas Rangers (in baseball) or the New York Rangers (in ice hockey).
Rangername
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A surname.
rangernoun/ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒə/
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One who ranges; a rover.
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One who ranges; a rover.
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A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
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obsoleteThat which separates or arranges; a sieve.
- The tamis raunger.
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A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsIn some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
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literaturemediapublishingA warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
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A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
rangerverb/ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒə/
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rareTo 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.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。