Definitions For Jackaroo

Verb

{{en-verb}} (intransitive) To work as a jackaroo. : Bill has gone jackarooing out west.

Derived terms

jackarooing

Noun

JACKAROO (plural JACKAROOs) (Australia, Queensland, obsolete) A white man living outside of a white settlement. (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.

Coordinate terms

jackarooesse jillaroo, , female jackaroo jilleroo

Alternative forms

jackeroo

Etymology

Obscure. Possibly from an Aboriginal term meaning ‘wandering white man’.