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
  • Butler's Rangers
  • The Connaught Rangers
  • Rogers' Rangers
  • Royal Irish Rangers
• Canadian Forces
  • Canadian Rangers
  • The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)
  • The Rocky Mountain Rangers
• 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
  • Ranger Creed
  • Ranger School
  • 1st Ranger Battalion
• US NAVY
  • USS Ranger
  • VQ-2 Rangers

[edit] Forest or park wardens

• Park ranger

[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
• 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
• Ranger Guides is the section of Girlguiding UK for girls aged between 14 and 25.
• Risembool Rangers is the official fan club for Vic Mignogna
• Ranger (ride), an amusement park ride

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