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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Rhode Island’s principal forest ranger, Ben Arnold, is worried about the drought extending into the fall. 
Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Rhode Island’s principal forest ranger, Ben Arnold, is worried about the drought extending into the fall. Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Rhode Island’s principal forest ranger, Ben Arnold, is worried about the drought extending into the fall. Jennifer Mcdermott, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2022 The outdoor-activity center is a place full of testosterone and taxidermy, where many of the men look like Wilford Brimley playing a forest ranger at various stages in life. Emily Nunn, Outside Online, 3 June 2019 One of seven children born to a forest ranger, Mr. Adityanath, born Ajay Singh Bisht, found his vocation in college as an activist in the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing Hindu organization. New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022 In 2010, the Forest Service made White an honorary forest ranger. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2022 The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office identified 33-year-old Jonathon Kip Medford as the suspect in a felony assault on a forest ranger near Palatki Heritage Site northwest of Sedona that happened on Tuesday morning. Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2022 Before becoming an actress, White wanted to pursue a career as a forest ranger or a zookeeper, per Smithsonian magazine’s Megan Gambino, but at that time, women couldn’t become rangers. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2022 See More
Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Rhode Island’s principal forest ranger, Ben Arnold, is worried about the drought extending into the fall. Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Rhode Island’s principal forest ranger, Ben Arnold, is worried about the drought extending into the fall. Jennifer Mcdermott, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2022 The outdoor-activity center is a place full of testosterone and taxidermy, where many of the men look like Wilford Brimley playing a forest ranger at various stages in life. Emily Nunn, Outside Online, 3 June 2019 One of seven children born to a forest ranger, Mr. Adityanath, born Ajay Singh Bisht, found his vocation in college as an activist in the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing Hindu organization. New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022 In 2010, the Forest Service made White an honorary forest ranger. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2022 The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office identified 33-year-old Jonathon Kip Medford as the suspect in a felony assault on a forest ranger near Palatki Heritage Site northwest of Sedona that happened on Tuesday morning. Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2022 Before becoming an actress, White wanted to pursue a career as a forest ranger or a zookeeper, per Smithsonian magazine’s Megan Gambino, but at that time, women couldn’t become rangers. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1830, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
forest ranger
noun
: a person in charge of managing and protecting part of a public forest