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		Definition of bushranger in English: bushrangernounˈbʊʃreɪn(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: bushrangernounˈbo͝oSHˌrānjərˈbʊʃˌreɪndʒər 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.
 
 - 1.1Australian 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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