| 单词 | wood-ranger |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswood-ranger wood-ranger n. originally and chiefly U.S. one who ranges woods; a scout or sharpshooter in American armies (cf. ranger n.1 5). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > guide, scout, etc. waitc1325 runnera1382 scourera1400 exploratorc1429 discovererc1440 waiter?1473 out-spy1488 scurrier1488 aforeridera1525 fore-rider1548 guide?1548 outscourer1548 scout1555 vanquerer1579 outscout1581 outskirrer1625 scouter1642 scoutinger1642 wood-ranger1734 reconnoiterer1752 feeler1834 1734 in Acct. Progress Colony Georgia (1741) App. v. 51 [The French] have Five hundred Men in Pay, constantly employed as Wood-Rangers, to keep their neighbouring Indians in Subjection. 1757 W. Burke Acct. European Settlem. Amer. II. vii. xxvii. 270 A company of wood rangers..to scour the country near our settlements. 1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 712/1 The white wood-rangers were as ruthless as their red foes. 1915 W. B. Yeats Reveries (1916) 137 I could not sleep..from my fear of the wood-ranger. < as lemmas |
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