Definition of "bushrangers" [bushrangers]

• Plural form of bushranger. (noun)

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• "The "bushrangers," as they are called, somewhat resemble the negro peoples, and are thought to be a part of the black race that is found in the island near New Guinea."
• "Them fellers what captured Gable told a yarn about a gang o 'bushrangers'n a terrible fight, an' swore Gable was the blood thirstiest of 'em all."
• "Vagrant convicts overran the country in the form of bands of "bushrangers," who had become so formidable that the government had recently organized a company of fifty dragoons for the express purpose of hunting them down."