Dictionary

kangarooer en · NOUN

Etymology

From kangaroo + -er.

Meanings

1. One who hunts kangaroos.
   • Blacks are employed hunting the rabbits; and all kangarooers desirous of permission to shoot over this run in the coming season have to pay 100 rabbit scalps for the privilege. 1894, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, page 130:
   • Earlier absconders from Sydney and Parramatta had died because they were not armed, but not these kangarooers. 1987, Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding, page 127:

Forms