Ranger (rānˈjẽr), 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.] Rangers in U.S. national parks and national monuments perform a similar function.
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Seal (sēl), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG. selah, Dan. sael, Sw. själ, Icel. selr.] (Zool.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.
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☞ 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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