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Definition of Bushranger
1. n. One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush.
Definition of Bushranger
1. Noun. (Australia historical) A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving bandit who lives in the bush. ¹
2. Noun. (Australia obsolete) A person skilled in bushcraft. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bushranger
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bushranger
Literary usage of Bushranger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Australian Bushrangers by George Boxall (1902)
"The bushranger stopped his horse, turned to meet them, and ordered them to ...
Just then Peter Clarke made a rush, threw his arms round the bushranger, ..."
2. Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time: Containing the History by John Henniker Heaton (1879)
"... reprieved and sentenced to hard labour for life, Manns executed, March 26,
1863 ; bushranger» and the confessional formed the subject matter of a letter ..."
3. Old Tales of a Young Country by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke (1871)
"THE RULE OF THE bushranger IN the year 1820, a writer in the Quarterly, speaking
of a book given him to review, says—" It is the greatest literary curiosity ..."
4. Recollections of Bush Life in Australia: During a Residence of Eight Years by Henry William Haygarth (1861)
"Report of bushrangers—Its effect in the Neighbourhood—The Discomfited Settler—An
Unwelcome Visit—Buchan Charley—His History—Confessions of a bushranger—The ..."
5. Stories of Australia in the Early Days by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke (1897)
"MICHAEL HOWE, THE DEMON bushranger IV. the year 1820, a writer in the Quarterly,
speaking of a book given him to review, says : " It is the greatest ..."
6. The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang by Francis Augustus Hare (1895)
"Power the bushranger—His Escape—The Squatter's Gold Watch—. ... He was under
sentence when he escaped from Pentridge, previous to his turning bushranger. ..."
7. History of Australian Bushranging by Charles White (1903)
"reward, and concerning whose exploits it is necessary that something should be said.
THE bushranger POWER. Harry Power, before making the acquaintance of ..."
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