ranger

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. (obsolete)That which separates or arranges; a sieve.

   “The tamis raunger.”

5. A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
6. In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
7. A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
8. A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
9. A player on any of various teams called Rangers, such as the Texas Rangers (in baseball) or the New York Rangers (in ice hockey).

verb

1. (rare, transitive)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.”

name

1. A surname.