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bushranger

[ boosh-reyn-jer ]
/ ˈbʊʃˌreɪn dʒər /

noun

a person who lives in the bush or woods.
Australian.
  1. a person who lives by robbing travelers and isolated homesteads in the bush.
  2. a person who drives a hard, and sometimes dishonest, bargain.

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Origin of bushranger

First recorded in 1810–20; bush1 + ranger

OTHER WORDS FROM bushranger

bushranging, noun

Words nearby bushranger

bush oyster, bush parole, bush pig, bush pilot, bush poppy, bushranger, bush road, bush shirt, bush shrike, bush sickness, bush singlet
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British Dictionary definitions for bushranger

bushranger
/ (ˈbʊʃˌreɪndʒə) /

noun

Australian history an escaped convict or robber living in the bush
US a person who lives away from civilization; backwoodsman
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