ranger

ranger
ranger (n.) late 14c., "gamekeeper," agent noun from RANGE (Cf. range) (v.)). Attested from 1660s in sense of "man (often mounted) who polices an area." Modern military sense of "member of an elite U.S. combat unit" is attested from 1942 (organized 1941).

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