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单词 bushranger
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Definition of bushranger in English:

bushranger

nounˈbʊʃreɪn(d)ʒəˈbʊʃˌreɪndʒər
  • 1US A person living far from civilization.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • American bushrangers advocate a long heavy pea-rifle, on the plea of its accurate shooting, and the enormous saving in weight of ammunition when bullets of a small size are used.
  • 2Australian NZ historical An outlaw living in the bush.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He fell foul of the police at an early age, was befriended by a local bushranger, and at 15 was imprisoned for three years on horse stealing charges.
    • The bushranger was hanged in Melbourne in 1880 after being captured in a shoot-out with police in the small town of Glenrowan, Victoria.
    • Like many bushrangers, he was Irish in origin, the son of a father with a lurid, criminal past, and a mother with a fiery temper, a taste for strong liquor and grizzled lovers.
    • This is no ordinary bushranger, but a man pushed too far, fighting not just for himself but his class.
    • The state was humiliated in the 1860s by a spectacular revival of bushranging, when bushrangers for the first time became national heroes, their exploits carried by telegraph and newspaper Australia-wide.
 
 

Definition of bushranger in US English:

bushranger

nounˈbo͝oSHˌrānjərˈbʊʃˌreɪndʒər
US
  • 1A person living far from civilization.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • American bushrangers advocate a long heavy pea-rifle, on the plea of its accurate shooting, and the enormous saving in weight of ammunition when bullets of a small size are used.
    1. 1.1Australian historical An outlaw living in the bush.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The bushranger was hanged in Melbourne in 1880 after being captured in a shoot-out with police in the small town of Glenrowan, Victoria.
      • The state was humiliated in the 1860s by a spectacular revival of bushranging, when bushrangers for the first time became national heroes, their exploits carried by telegraph and newspaper Australia-wide.
      • Like many bushrangers, he was Irish in origin, the son of a father with a lurid, criminal past, and a mother with a fiery temper, a taste for strong liquor and grizzled lovers.
      • He fell foul of the police at an early age, was befriended by a local bushranger, and at 15 was imprisoned for three years on horse stealing charges.
      • This is no ordinary bushranger, but a man pushed too far, fighting not just for himself but his class.
 
 
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