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bushman

noun

Etymology

From bush + -man.

  1. derived from *bʰuH-✻ — “to grow”
  2. inherited from *buskaz✻ — “bush, thicket”
  3. inherited from *busk✻
  4. inherited from *busċ✻
  5. inherited from bush
  6. suffixed as bushman — “bush + man”

Definitions

  1. A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.

    • Near-synonym: bushcrafter
    • An occasional Afghan makes a good bushman. These rare birds, with the help of natives, found that by winding in and out over the soft ground of the valleys they could bring a camel-train where no wheeled transport could go.
    • To A. B. Paterson, son of a dispossessed squatter, writing from a city office, the bushmen with their horses and simple skills were the backbone of Australia.

  2. A person who lives in the bush, especially a member of a community or ethnic group who…

    A person who lives in the bush, especially a member of a community or ethnic group who lives in the bush.

  3. A member of one of the foraging ethnic groups native to southwestern Africa, mostly the…

    A member of one of the foraging ethnic groups native to southwestern Africa, mostly the Kalahari.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA