bushranger
Americannoun
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a person who lives in the bush or woods.
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Australian.
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a person who lives by robbing travelers and isolated homesteads in the bush.
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a person who drives a hard, and sometimes dishonest, bargain.
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noun
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history an escaped convict or robber living in the bush
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a person who lives away from civilization; backwoodsman
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An exploration of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang as they attempt to evade authorities during the 1870s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2021
Adaptation of Peter Carey’s award-winning novel about the Australian folk hero, with George MacKay as the bushranger who is tracked down by the authorities.
From The Guardian • May 12, 2020
Especially surrounded as we were by young guys sporting lush bushranger beards.
From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2015
The bushranger was executed in November 1880 after a shootout with the police in the southern state of Victoria.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2013
A few seconds passed thus, when, from the tree tops, the long, plaintive, trembling cry peculiar to the Australian bushranger came, quivering and undulating through the air.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
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