bushranger

[ boo sh-reyn-jer ]

/ ˈbʊʃˌreɪn dʒər /

a person who lives in the bush or woods.

Australian.

Origin of bushranger

First recorded in 1810–20; bush¹ + ranger

bush·rang·ing, noun

The bushranger had evidently started with Punch, and was still curiously absorbed in its contents.

Stingaree |E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
A year later Hyland the bushranger was shot in a struggle with the mounted police sent to capture him.

Cumner & South Sea Folk, Complete |Gilbert Parker
Divil a bit, till I see a bushranger, and then I'll give him a taste of my spear.

The Gold Hunter's Adventures |William H. Thomes
It was not joy, but it was quite a new grimness, and in his own preoccupation the bushranger did not notice it at all.

Stingaree |E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

The bushranger made a good deal of exciting history in Australia.

Peeps At Many Lands: Australia |Frank Fox

bushranger

/ (ˈbʊʃˌreɪndʒə) /

Australian history an escaped convict or robber living in the bush

US a person who lives away from civilization; backwoodsman