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

Examples of forest ranger in a Sentence

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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 Meanwhile, on the New York-New Jersey border, another blaze, the Jennings Creek wildfire, has burned thousands of acres, sending smoke drifting across much of New York City and killing an 18-year-old New York state forest ranger volunteer who died while responding to the fire. Paige Vega, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 Trapped in the middle of a snowstorm in their formerly idyllic rural community, a forest ranger (Sam Richardson) and a postal employee (Milana Vayntrub) must uncover the mysterious beast behind a series of gruesome murders. EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024 In a bloody good mix of horror comedy and murder mystery, Sam Richardson plays a naive but good-hearted forest ranger new to a small Vermont town out to catch a killer (who may or may not be a werewolf) among the various kooky residents. 55. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 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 23 Nov. 2024.

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forest ranger

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

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