bushranger

noun

bush·​rang·​er ˈbu̇sh-ˌrān-jər How to pronounce bushranger (audio)
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1
Australia : an outlaw living in the bush
2
: frontiersman, woodsman
bushranging
ˈbu̇sh-ˌrān-jiŋ How to pronounce bushranger (audio)
noun

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But the fateful Glenrowan showdown with an incoming trainload of cops doesn't go as planned, as anyone familiar with the bushranger's legend will know. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2019 The world's first feature film, called The Story of the Kelly Gang, is an hour-plus romp about a band of outlaw Australian bushrangers. — Simon Van Zuylen Wood, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020 Ned gets his shot at revenge against O’Neil in a scene that plays like an unnerving castration fantasy, egged on by Harry Power (a superb Russell Crowe), the famous bushranger who takes the boy under wing. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020 The drama follows the ne'er-do-well's boyhood as an accomplice to a criminal bushranger (Russell Crowe), Ned's contempt for the law when his mother (Essie Davis) is unfairly imprisoned, and his anarchic days as an adult running a rebellious gang. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of bushranger was in 1801

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