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ranger
(encz) | ranger,ochránce přírody n: IvČa |
ranger
(encz) | ranger,ozbrojená hlídka n: Michal Ambrož |
ranger
(encz) | ranger,správce obory n: Zdeněk Brož |
ranger
(gcide) | Seal \Seal\ (s[=e]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG.
selah, Dan. sael, Sw. sj[aum]l, Icel. selr.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and
Otariidae.
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Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in
the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are
numerous species, bearing such popular names as {sea
lion}, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal,
fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal
(Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal ({Cystophora
cristata}), and the ringed seal (Phoca foetida), are
northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal,
Monk seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp,
Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their
skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some
species is very abundant.
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Harbor seal (Zool.), the common seal (Phoca vitulina). It
inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific
Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also {marbled
seal}, native seal, river seal, bay seal, {land
seal}, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard,
ranger, selchie, tangfish.
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Ranger
(gcide) | Ranger \Ran"ger\ (r[=a]n"j[~e]r), n.
1. One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for
plunder; a roving robber.
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2. That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve.
[Obs.] "The tamis ranger." --Holland.
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3. A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
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4. One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short
muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on
foot.
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5. The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn
officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters
patent, whose business was to walk through the forest,
recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch
the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for
the forest, etc. [Eng.]
Note: Rangers in U.S. national parks and national monuments
perform a similar function.
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ranger
(wn) | Ranger
n 1: a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a
mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier [syn:
Texas Ranger, Ranger]
2: an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an
area of forest [syn: fire warden, forest fire fighter,
ranger]
3: a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-
and-run raids [syn: commando, ranger] |
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stranger
(mass) | stranger
- cudzinec |
a perfect stranger
(encz) | a perfect stranger,úplný cizinec n: Zdeněk Brož |
a total stranger
(encz) | a total stranger,úplný cizinec n: Zdeněk Brož |
arranger
(encz) | arranger,aranžér n: Zdeněk Brož |
forest ranger
(encz) | forest ranger, |
granger
(encz) | granger, n: |
orangery
(encz) | orangery,skleník n: Zdeněk Brož |
ranger
(encz) | ranger,ochránce přírody n: IvČaranger,ozbrojená hlídka n: Michal Ambrožranger,správce obory n: Zdeněk Brož |
ranger grave
(encz) | ranger grave,zákop n: [voj.] [amer.] web |
stranger
(encz) | stranger,cizinec n: [male] stranger,cizinka n: [female] |
stranger rape
(encz) | stranger rape, |
strangers
(encz) | strangers,cizinci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Arranger
(gcide) | Arranger \Ar*ran"ger\, n.
One who arranges. --Burke.
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Bushranger
(gcide) | Bushranger \Bush"ran`ger\, n.
One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in
Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush.
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Deranger
(gcide) | Deranger \De*ran"ger\, n.
One who deranges.
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Estranger
(gcide) | Estranger \Es*tran"ger\, n.
One who estranges.
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Granger
(gcide) | Granger \Gran"ger\, n.
1. A farm steward. [Obs.]
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2. A member of a grange. [U. S.]
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Granger railroads
(gcide) | Granger railroads \Gran"ger railroads\, or Granger roads
\Granger roads\ . (Finance)
Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying
the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied
to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey;
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads. [U. S.,
obsolescent].
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Granger stocks |
Granger roads
(gcide) | Granger railroads \Gran"ger railroads\, or Granger roads
\Granger roads\ . (Finance)
Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying
the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied
to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey;
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads. [U. S.,
obsolescent].
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Granger stocks |
Granger shares
(gcide) | Granger stocks \Granger stocks\ or Granger shares \Granger
shares\
Stocks or shares of the granger railroads.
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Granger stocks
(gcide) | Granger stocks \Granger stocks\ or Granger shares \Granger
shares\
Stocks or shares of the granger railroads.
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Grangerism
(gcide) | Grangerism \Gran"ger*ism\, n. [So called from the Rev. James
Granger, whose "Biographical History of England" (1769) was a
favorite book for illustration in this manner.]
The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings
collected from other books.
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Grangerite
(gcide) | Grangerite \Gran"ger*ite\, n.
One who collects illustrations from various books for the
decoration of one book.
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Grangerize
(gcide) | Grangerize \Gran"ger*ize\, v. t. & i.
To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other
books. --G. A. Sala.
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Orangeroot
(gcide) | Orangeroot \Or"ange*root`\, n. (Bot.)
An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis),
having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot,
golden seal, etc.
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Orangery
(gcide) | Orangery \Or"an*ger*y\, n. [F. orangerie, fr. orange. See
Orange.]
A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.
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Partisan ranger
(gcide) | Partisan \Par"ti*san\, a. [Written also partizan.]
1. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the
character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence
to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
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2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a
partisan officer or corps.
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Partisan ranger (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps.
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ranger
(gcide) | Seal \Seal\ (s[=e]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG.
selah, Dan. sael, Sw. sj[aum]l, Icel. selr.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and
Otariidae.
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Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in
the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are
numerous species, bearing such popular names as {sea
lion}, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal,
fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal
(Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal ({Cystophora
cristata}), and the ringed seal (Phoca foetida), are
northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal,
Monk seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp,
Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their
skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some
species is very abundant.
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Harbor seal (Zool.), the common seal (Phoca vitulina). It
inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific
Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also {marbled
seal}, native seal, river seal, bay seal, {land
seal}, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard,
ranger, selchie, tangfish.
[1913 Webster]Ranger \Ran"ger\ (r[=a]n"j[~e]r), n.
1. One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for
plunder; a roving robber.
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2. That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve.
[Obs.] "The tamis ranger." --Holland.
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3. A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
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4. One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short
muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on
foot.
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5. The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn
officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters
patent, whose business was to walk through the forest,
recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch
the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for
the forest, etc. [Eng.]
Note: Rangers in U.S. national parks and national monuments
perform a similar function.
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Rangership
(gcide) | Rangership \Ran"ger*ship\, n.
The office of the keeper of a forest or park. [Eng.]
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Stranger
(gcide) | Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. Stranger; superl. Strangest.]
[OE. estrange, F. ['e]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is
without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See
Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.]
1. Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek strange
strands." --Chaucer.
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One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak.
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I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers
tongues. --Ascham.
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2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining
to one's self; not domestic.
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So she, impatient her own faults to see,
Turns from herself, and in strange things delights.
--Sir J.
Davies.
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3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
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Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the
character, I doubt not; and the signet is not
strange to you. --Shak.
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4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual;
irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "He is sick of
a strange fever." --Shak.
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Sated at length, erelong I might perceive
Strange alteration in me. --Milton.
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5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak.
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She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon
learn to love thee. --Hawthorne.
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6. Backward; slow. [Obs.]
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Who, loving the effect, would not be strange
In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl.
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7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
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In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak.
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Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation.
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Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the
snow
High on the Alps, or in deep caves below.
--Waller.
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Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown vessel.
Strange woman (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3.
To make it strange.
(a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning
it. --Shak.
(b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
To make strange, To make one's self strange.
(a) To profess ignorance or astonishment.
(b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7.
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Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing;
marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer;
eccentric.
[1913 Webster]Stranger \Stran"ger\, n. [OF. estrangier, F. ['e]tranger. See
Strange.]
1. One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specifically:
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(a) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
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I am a most poor woman and a stranger,
Born out of your dominions. --Shak.
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(b) One whose home is at a distance from the place where
he is, but in the same country.
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(c) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman
is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to
communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
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Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear,
And strangers to the sun yet ripen here.
--Granville.
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My child is yet a stranger in the world. --Shak.
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I was no stranger to the original. --Dryden.
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2. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a
visitor.
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To honor and receive
Our heavenly stranger. --Milton.
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3. (Law) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a
mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without
right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title
against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a
mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger
to the levy.
[1913 Webster]Stranger \Stran"ger\, v. t.
To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] --Shak.
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arranger
(wn) | arranger
n 1: a person who brings order and organization to an
enterprise; "she was the organizer of the meeting" [syn:
organizer, organiser, arranger]
2: a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or
instruments or for another style of performance [syn:
arranger, adapter, transcriber] |
granger
(wn) | granger
n 1: a person who operates a farm [syn: farmer, husbandman,
granger, sodbuster] |
orangery
(wn) | orangery
n 1: a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange
trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas |
ranger
(wn) | Ranger
n 1: a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a
mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier [syn:
Texas Ranger, Ranger]
2: an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an
area of forest [syn: fire warden, forest fire fighter,
ranger]
3: a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-
and-run raids [syn: commando, ranger] |
stranger
(wn) | stranger
n 1: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they
are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant:
acquaintance, friend]
2: an individual that one is not acquainted with [ant:
acquaintance, friend] |
texas ranger
(wn) | Texas Ranger
n 1: a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a
mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier [syn:
Texas Ranger, Ranger] |
united states army rangers
(wn) | United States Army Rangers
n 1: a specially trained elite unit of the United States Army |
STRANGER
(bouvier) | STRANGER, persons, contracts. This word has several significations. 1. A
person born out of the United States; but in this sense the term alien is
more properly applied, until he becomes naturalized. 2. A person who is not
privy to an act or contract; example, he who is a stranger to the issue,
shall not take advantage of the verdict. Bro. Ab. Record, pl. 3; Vin. Ab.
h.t. pl. 1 and vide Com. Dig. Abatement, H 54.
2. When a man undertakes to do a thing, and a stranger interrupts him,
this is no excuse. Com. Dig. Condition, L 14. When a party undertakes that a
stranger shall do a certain thing, he becomes liable as soon as the stranger
refuses to perform it. Bac. Ab. Conditions, Q 4.
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