See also: cruiser (def. 1)
- 1842  The house of a person who was acting as a kind of wood ranger to the party was set fire to in the night and himself and family narrowly escaped perishing.
- 1891  An open space . . . presented itself to the keen eye of the woodranger traversing the trackless wastes of forest as a fine site for a lumber camp.
2 n. Fur Trade, Hist. an unlicensed trader who ranged the forest in search of furs.