bushman
noun
a woodsman.
bushman
1 American
[boosh-muhn]
/ ˈbʊʃ mən /
noun
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bushmen
plural
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a woodsman.
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Australian. a pioneer; dweller in the bush.
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(initial capital letter) San.
Bushman
2
American
[boosh-muhn]
/ ˈbʊʃ mən /
noun
Bushman
1
British
/ ˈbʊʃmən /
noun
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a member of a hunting and gathering people of southern Africa, esp the Kalahari region, typically having leathery yellowish skin, short stature, and prominent buttocks
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any language of this people, belonging to the Khoisan family
bushman
2
British
/ ˈbʊʃmən /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bushman
1775–85; bush 1 + man, modeled on Afrikaans boschjesman literally, man of the bush
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Mr Phillips was known to be a bushman who had some survival training.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Murray's bid for a second grand slam title Down Under has sparked a light-hearted dig at Australia's iconic celluloid hero "Crocodile Dundee", the weathered bushman played by Paul Hogan in the 1986 film.
From Reuters ● Jan. 15, 2013
Surely an Inuit elder or a Kalahari bushman has equal credentials when it comes to describing and passing on a way of life or way of thought to enhance the lives of future generations.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2012
If you go back and look at bushman art, early cave painting, you see sport being illustrated within those paintings.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2010
In thick timber, a bushman can front biting cold; but on the high, icy rocks one could not make camp and light a fire.
From Northwest! by Harold Bindloss
For Kablan Porquet, founder of the Bushman Cafe, a pillar of the economic capital Abidjan's Pan-African cultural scene, Ivory Coast has "made the choice to abandon culture".
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Hahn, who served as co-curator of the exhibit, in a tour of the museum’s artifacts notes that Bushman was working on “The Mickey Mouse Club” around the time he was also devising plans for Disneyland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
However, Kjærvik and Bushman said a meta-analytic review on the role of arousal would fill an important gap in understanding how to resolve anger.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
The Chiefs also have Blake Bell on the 53-man roster with Matt Bushman and Gerrit Prince on the practice squad.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
He understood the Koranna dialect, which much resembles Masarwa, and he had no difficulty in conversing with the Bushman.
From From Veldt Camp Fires by H.A. Bryden
Herzog depicts the bushmen who aid Boyes as dignified, diligent and intelligent without romanticizing them while capturing the rugged beauty of the African landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
The Namibian bushmen seem pretty impressed with Eddie's virgin fire–making skills, too.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2013
Just 200 years ago, San bushmen decorated the walls of the Drakensburg mountains with abstract patterns eerily similar to the ones in France and Spain.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2012
BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson says the court judgement is a remarkable victory for the bushmen.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2011
With no apparent motion of the paddles—though the wrists of the paddlers moved almost imperceptibly—the canoe of the bushmen floated to the bank.
From The Pathless Trail by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
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