Definition of "jackaroo" in английский

noun

1. (Australia, Queensland, obsolete) A white man living outside of a white settlement.

2. (Australia) A trainee station manager or owner, working as a stockman or farm hand; formerly, a young man of independent means working at a station in a supernumerary capacity to gain experience.

verb

1. (intransitive) To work as a jackaroo.

   • Bill has gone jackarooing out west.