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Definition of bushranger in English: bushrangernounˈbʊʃreɪn(d)ʒəˈbʊʃˌreɪndʒər 1US A person living far from civilization. 〈美〉丛林居民 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. 〈澳,史〉丛林逃犯 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. 〈美〉丛林居民 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.
〈澳,史〉丛林逃犯 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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