bush-rangern.

/ˈbʊʃˌreɪndʒə/

Etymology: < bush n.¹ 9 + ranger n.¹

An escaped convict who took refuge in the Australian ‘bush’; a criminal living in the bush, and subsisting by robbery with violence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in other countries

dacoit1788

gang-robber1812

bush-ranger1817

klepht1820

flayer1832

ranger1840

dacoity1849

sticker-up1853

boh1888

demon1909

shifta1920

1817 Sydney Gaz. 25 Jan. 3/1 Robberies by the banditti of bush-rangers on Van Diemen's Land.

1826 Gentleman's Mag. July ii. 69/2 Van Diemen's Land papers and private letters are full of details of atrocities by the bush-rangers (escaped convicts).

1852 J. West Hist. Tasmania II. 130 The bushrangers at first were absentees [convicts] who were soon allured or driven to theft and violence; so early as 1808 by systematic robbery they had excited feelings of alarm.

1869 F. Parkman Discov. Great West xxvii. 389 His little garrison of bush-rangers greeted them with a salute of musketry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	bush-ranger
释义	bush-rangern. /ˈbʊʃˌreɪndʒə/ Etymology: < bush n.¹ 9 + ranger n.¹ An escaped convict who took refuge in the Australian ‘bush’; a criminal living in the bush, and subsisting by robbery with violence. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in other countries dacoit1788 gang-robber1812 bush-ranger1817 klepht1820 flayer1832 ranger1840 dacoity1849 sticker-up1853 boh1888 demon1909 shifta1920 1817 Sydney Gaz. 25 Jan. 3/1 Robberies by the banditti of bush-rangers on Van Diemen's Land. 1826 Gentleman's Mag. July ii. 69/2 Van Diemen's Land papers and private letters are full of details of atrocities by the bush-rangers (escaped convicts). 1852 J. West Hist. Tasmania II. 130 The bushrangers at first were absentees [convicts] who were soon allured or driven to theft and violence; so early as 1808 by systematic robbery they had excited feelings of alarm. 1869 F. Parkman Discov. Great West xxvii. 389 His little garrison of bush-rangers greeted them with a salute of musketry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1817
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