ranger

Etymology

From range (verb) + -er.

noun

1. One who ranges; a rover.
   1. A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
2. A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
3. (obsolete) That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
   The tamis raunger .
4. A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
5. (military) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
6. (literature, role-playing games) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
7. (role-playing games) A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.

verb

1. (rare, transitive) To work as a ranger.
   Just like down in Texas when I was rangering, you just keep turning over rocks […] 1993, Robert Kammen, Rattlers Roost, page 59
   He saw men long dead whom he had rangered with, saw Pedro Flores and Pea Eye and a redheaded whore he had taken up with for a month in his riverboating days. 2011, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove