English Dictionary

bushranger

noun

(Australia, historical) A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving bandit who lives in the bush. / (Australia, obsolete) A person skilled in bushcraft.

The bushranger was known for his daring robberies.

意味（1）

(Australia, historical) A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving bandit who lives in the bush.

We each discharged a shot in the direction of the explosion by the bushrangers, for we had no other guide in aiming, owing to the night being so very dark, which was rendered denser by the mizzling rain which had been falling all day.

意味（2）

(Australia, obsolete) A person skilled in bushcraft.

Mr Hovell lacks all the qualities befitting a bushranger.