Ranger
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In general, a ranger is a keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region to protect the area or enforce the law. The mystique of the ranger has been harnessed for military, sports and governmental uses as well as appearing in fiction:
Conservation
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
Geography
- Ranger, Georgia; the zip code is 30734.
- Ranger, Texas; the zip code is 76470.
- Ranger, West Virginia; the zip code is 25557.
Information Technology
- Ranger (suite of software products), is a suite of software products designed for the education sector.
Law enforcement
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
- 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
- USS Ranger
Other
- Ranger (character class) used in Fantasy role-playing games, largely derived from Tolkien's rangers.
- 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
Sports
- Rangers F.C. - Scottish Premier League football club from Glasgow
- 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
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