ranger
Ranger (from English range for 'landscape, area, area') denotes:
- Rangers (protected area supervisors ) , supervisors and tour guides in national parks, nature parks and biosphere reserves
- a boy scout age group, see Ranger and Rover
- Sielmanns Natur-Ranger , youth organization
- Ford Ranger , a pickup truck from the Ford vehicle manufacturer
- Ranger Automotive Company , former British automobile manufacturer
- Ranger (General Motors) , former General Motors car brand
- Cadillac Europe (formerly General Motors Suisse), former Swiss automobile manufacturer with the brand name Ranger
- Ranger Automobile Company , former American automobile manufacturer
- Southern Motor Manufacturing Association , former American automobile manufacturer, branded Ranger
- Operation Ranger , a series of American nuclear weapons tests
- Ranger (space probe program) , US space program (1961–1965)
- RUAG Ranger , aerial reconnaissance drone from the Swiss company RUAG Aerospace
- a Goodyear airship (1940), US Navy L-8 in World War II, see list of United States military airships # L-Class
- USS Ranger - several ships of the United States Navy
- Ranger (yacht) , a J-class yacht (1937-1941, as well as its replica 2004)
- Ranger , an overhead ride at fairgrounds and in amusement parks
- Ranger (supercomputer) , a supercomputer
- Ranger (file manager) , a console-based file manager
- Ranger (band) , a Finnish speed metal band
- Colorado Ranger , horse breed
Rangers in particular stands for:
- United States Army Rangers , US Army infantry force
- Texas Rangers (Police) , a paramilitary police force from the US state of Texas
- Canadian Rangers , Canadian Territorial Regiment consisting primarily of Inuit reservists
- Rogers' Rangers , His Majesty's Independent Companies of American Rangers (see also Robert Rogers )
- New York Rangers , American ice hockey team
- Texas Rangers (baseball) , American baseball team
- Glasgow Rangers , Scottish football club
- Queens Park Rangers , English football club
- FC Rànger’s , Andorran football club
- AFC Rangers , Austrian American football club
- SSI Scuba Rangers , a children's diving training course, see Children's diving #SSI
- Delta Rangers , German indie rock'n'roll band
Ranger is the name of the following geographic objects:
- Ranger (Arkansas) , location in the United States
- Ranger (Georgia) , location in the United States
- Ranger (Indiana) , location in the United States
- Ranger (Texas) , location in the United States
- Ranger (West Virginia) , location in the United States
- Ranger uranium mine , Australia
Ranger is the family name of the following people:
- Andrew Ranger (* 1986), Canadian racing car driver
- Beverly Ranger , Jamaican soccer player
- Henry Ward Ranger (1858–1916), American painter
- Paul Ranger (* 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Richard H. Ranger (1889–1962), American electrical engineer, engineer, and inventor
- Terence Osborn Ranger (1929–2015), African historian
See also:
- Der Ranger - Paradies Heimat , German TV film series
Wiktionary: Ranger - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations