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noun

Bushman n. (pl. bushmen)

A woodsman; a settler in the bush.

(Ethnol.) One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people.

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Etymology of 'Bushman'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bushman" Quotes from Famous Books

... tread, the true port and stature of a man. But who is this that follows in his track; under the same national sky, surrounded by the same institutions, and yet with those pinched features, that stunted form, that villainous look; is it Papuan, Bushman, or Carib? Fitly representing either of these, though born in a Christian city, and bearing about not only the stamp of violated physical law, but of moral neglect and baseness. And no one needs to be told that ...

— Humanity in the City • E. H. Chapin

... smooth and shiny); Hogg, the dour old man who ruled the flower garden and every one but Norah; and a sprinkling of odd rouseabouts and boys, very sleek and well brushed, in garments of varying make, low collars, and the tie the bushman loves "for best"—pale blue satin, with what Wally termed "jiggly patterns" on it. Of the same type were the guests—men from other stations, cocky farmers and a very ...

— Mates at Billabong • Mary Grant Bruce

... and partially to deflect the stroke with his up-flung hand. Two fingers and a hasty scalp-wound had been the price he paid for his life. With one barrel of his ten- gauge shot-gun he had blown the life out of the bushman who had so nearly got him; with the other barrel he had peppered the bushmen bending over Sagawa, and had the pleasure of knowing that the major portion of the charge had gone into the one who leaped away with Sagawa's head. Everything had occurred in a flash. ...

— The Red One • Jack London

Words linked to "Bushman" : bushman's poison, pioneer, nomad