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kangarooer

kangarooer noun: one who hunts kangaroos.

Noun

kangarooer (plural kangarooers)

  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 of kangarooer

pluralkangarooers

Origin of kangarooer

From kangaroo + -er.

Questions about kangarooer

What does kangarooer mean?
Kangarooer means one who hunts kangaroos.
What part of speech is kangarooer?
Kangarooer is a noun.
What is the plural of kangarooer?
The plural of kangarooer is kangarooers.

Words near kangarooer in the dictionary

  1. Kangaroobie
  2. kangarooburger
  3. kangarooburgers
  4. kangarood
  5. kangarooed
  6. kangarooer
  7. kangarooers
  8. kangarooing
  9. kangarooish
  10. kangaroolike
  11. kangaroos

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