kangarooer

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noun

One who hunts kangaroos.

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Meanings

nounkangarooer (plural kangarooers)

plural kangarooers

  1. One who hunts kangaroos.

    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
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    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

Origin

From kangaroo + -er.

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kangarooer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kangarooer

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“kangarooer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kangarooer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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