Definition of Bushman

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member of a tribe of nomadic hunters in South Africa
one that lives in the woods
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Bushman Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(n.)
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.
  
(n.)
A woodsman; a settler in the bush.
  
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bushman
\bush"man\ (&?;), n.; pl. bushmen (&?;). [cf. d. boschman, boschjesman. see 1st bush.]
1. a woodsman; a settler in the bush.
2. (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.

Australian Slang
no breakfast at all; jocularly defined as "a piss and a good look round"
(n) no breakfast
act of blowing nasal mucus through one nostril while closing the other off with a finger
act of blowing nasal mucus through one nostril while closing the other off with a finger
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa
(hypernym) nomad

Noun
1. a dweller in the Australian bush country
(hypernym) pioneer
Bushman Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Bushman may refer to:
  • Bushmen, ethnic groups in Southern Africa
  • A colloquial term for a person who lives in the Australian bush
  • Bushman (reggae singer), a Jamaican reggae singer
  • Bushman (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • Boyd Bushman (1928– ), a well known Scientist.
  • Francis X. Bushman (1883–1966), the first major male film star
  • Richard Bushman (1931– ), historian and author
  • The World Famous Bushman, a San Francisco busker and street artist
  • Nuk-luk, cryptozoological hominids reported near Nahanni Butte
  • Horace William Wheelwright‎ (1815–1865), British naturalist who wrote under the pseudonym of "An Old Bushman"

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