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bush-ranger 
1 n. a settler in the bush (def. 5).
See also: bush ((n.)) (def. 5) bushman (def. 2)
- a1855 (1956) Among the bush rangers . . . was the chief Short Legs, who . . . happened to stumble near where the wounded and enraged bear was concealed.
- 1883 These timber roads are often exceedingly bewildering even to old experienced bush-rangers. . . .
2 n. Hist.
See also: coureur de bois
- 1908 The next time he came to the ship, he was accompanied by the Captain's son, Ben, the poacher, dressed as a bushranger.
- 1938 Who can this be but young Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville and his party of bush-rangers on his way to attack Rupert's House.
3 n. Obs. a whisky peddler.
See also: bush ((v.)) (def. 3)
- 1860 It is estimated that the number of Indians who have died within the last eighteen months from drinking whisky prepared by the bush-rangers of Victoria, is full four hundred.
- a1855 (1956) Among the bush rangers . . . was the chief Short Legs, who . . . happened to stumble near where the wounded and enraged bear was concealed.