Ranger (disambiguation)
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Ranger may mean a keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region to protect the area or enforce the law ("range" meaning "travel around an area"). In Britain, the term has long been associated with a keeper of a royal forest or park. Likewise, in the US the term has meant a warden employed to maintain and protect a natural area, such as a government forest or park. Since at least the 18th Century, the term has had the military meaning of a commando or guerrilla soldier proficient in raids and ambushes. Sports teams have been avid in adopting the mystique of the name.
[edit] Military
- British Army
- Canadian Forces
- Irish Army Rangers
- Malaysian Army Regimen Renjer Diraja [ Royal Renjer Regiment ]
- Pakistan Rangers
- CTOE also known as Portuguese "Rangers" (Centro de Tropas de Operações Especiais)
- Singaporean Rangers
- U.S. Army Rangers
- US NAVY
- USS Ranger
- VQ-2 Rangers
[edit] Forest or park wardens
[edit] Law enforcement
- Texas Ranger Division
- Arizona Rangers
- Council Ranger
- Park Ranger
[edit] Geography
- Ranger, Georgia; the zip code is 30734.
- Ranger, Texas; the zip code is 76470.
- Ranger, West Virginia; the zip code is 25557.
[edit] Information Technology
- Ranger (suite of software products), is a suite of software products designed for the education sector.
[edit] Sports
- Rangers F.C. - Scottish Premier League football club from Glasgow
- Fidentia Rangers - South African football (soccer) club from Cape Town
- Hong Kong Rangers - Hong Kong First Division League Football (soccer) Team
- Texas Rangers - Major League Baseball team
- New York Rangers - American National Hockey League team
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. (QPR) - Football League football club
- Berwick Rangers F.C. - English-based Scottish Football League football club
- FC Rànger's - Andorran football club
- Ranger (yacht), the famous J-class yacht which defended the America's Cup in 1937
- Sembawang Rangers Football Club A Singapore Football Club
- Iligan Rangers Airsoft Company, a premier airsoft team from Iligan City, Philippines
[edit] Fiction
- Ranger (Transformers) is an Autobot character from the Transformers fictional series.
- Ranger (Middle-earth), from J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe, Middle-earth
- The Lone Ranger
- Walker, Texas Ranger
- Power Rangers
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Ranger (character class), a character class for many role-playing games
- Ranger (Babylon 5), a military organisation in the television series Babylon 5
- Ranger magazine, a British magazine for children
- Airborne Ranger, a video game
- Ranger (board game), (board game)
- Pokemon Ranger, an upcoming video game for the Nintendo DS
- Ranger, the protagonist of the video game Quake
[edit] Other
- Black Rock Ranger, a volunteer mediator at Burning Man events
- Ranger program was a series of unmanned NASA moon probes in the 1960s - Ranger 1, Ranger 2, Ranger 3, Ranger 4, Ranger 5, Ranger 6, Ranger 7, Ranger 8, Ranger 9
- Ford Ranger light truck
- Ranger rough terrain forklift truck, developed in Germany from Rainer Becker and Alfred Reck, today made in Austria, Perg lol
- RUAG Ranger is a tactical UAV from RUAG Aerospace in Switzerland
- Professor Richard Cureton a well known indoor rowing specialist
- Ranger (GM) was a General Motors car model that lasted from 1968 to 1976
- Risembool Rangers is the official fan club for Vic Mignogna
- Ranger (ride), an amusement park ride
- Ranger (Girl Guide), a section of the Girl Guiding programme