forest ranger

noun

: an officer charged with the patrolling and guarding of a forest
especially : one in charge of the management and protection of a portion of a public forest

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First responders — including sheriff’s deputies, state forest rangers, state police and local firefighters — descended on the crash scene around 6 p.m. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024 First responders — including sheriff's deputies, state forest rangers, state police and local firefighters — descended on the crash site in the town of Windham, New York, in the Catskills, following the 6:10 p.m. crash on Sunday, the Green County Sheriff's Office said in a series of statements. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024 The solution isn’t as simple as adding more forest rangers. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024 The Plattekill Fire Department said the person was a state forest ranger who died while fighting the blaze in Greenwood Lake, New York, Saturday. Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for forest ranger 

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of forest ranger was in 1830

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“Forest ranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forest%20ranger. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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forest ranger

noun
: a person in charge of the management and protection of a forest

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