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bushman

[boosh-muhn] / ˈbʊʃ mən /
NOUN
person who lives/works in the woods
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Phillips, believed to be in his late-30s this year, had been described as an experienced hunter and bushman.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

“Bushman” could accurately be called a fish-out-of-water movie, but part of the conceit is that Gabriel, who happily identifies as a bushman, seems more settled than everyone else.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

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

“Does the sir call?” asked the bushman, awakened in a moment, and rolling himself down the mound, on which the store-waggon stood, to the tent.

From Jasper Lyle by Harriet Ward

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

The court said the bushmen could use an existing well on their traditional land in the Kalahari Game Reserve, and excavate new wells.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2011

The life of a drover, under the most favourable circumstances, is the reverse of a pleasant one, but like all nomadic occupations, it has a fascination for many bushmen.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Edward Palmer




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