Definition of Texas ranger

1. Noun. A member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier.

Exact synonyms: Ranger
Generic synonyms: Law Officer, Lawman, Peace Officer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Texas Ranger

Tevere
Tevet
Tewa
Tewan
Tewans
Tewkesbury
Tex
Tex-Mex
Tex.
Texan
Texans
Texarkana
Texas
Texas 42
Texas Independence Day
Texas Ranger
Texas armadillo
Texas blind snake
Texas bluebonnet
Texas cattle fever
Texas chachalaca
Texas fever
Texas heart shot
Texas hold 'em
Texas horned lizard
Texas leaguer
Texas leaguers
Texas longhorn
Texas mickey
Texas millet

Literary usage of Texas ranger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas by Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis (1897)
"THE texas ranger. The daring and ever-watchful foe of the Texas Indian, the dashing and ever-ready hunter of the Texas buffalo, was the texas ranger. ..."

2. Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas by Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis (1897)
"THE texas ranger. The daring and ever-watchful foe of the Texas Indian, the dashing and ever-ready hunter of the Texas buffalo, was the texas ranger. ..."

3. Journal of the House of Representatives by Texas Legislature. House (1915)
"... adopted 20000 00 For the purchase of dairy cows for immediate use for the State Orphans Home.. 000 00 To pay JW Benson for services as texas ranger from ..."

4. Life and Times of S.H. West: With an Appendix on Evolution, Religion and by Simeon Henry West (1908)
"ENCOUNTER WITH A texas ranger. An amusing incident occurred during the early part of my residence in Jamestown. The mining laws of that camp provided that ..."

5. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1899)
"DROCH in Life. tl C TORIES of frontier life kJ are always attractive and in ' A texas ranger ' Mr. Jennings has given us a most interesting description of ..."

6. Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas by Andrew Jackson Sowell (1900)
"We now come to that period in the life of Big Foot Wallace when he began to serve the young republic in the capacity of a texas ranger under the famous Jack ..."

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