bushman
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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
Hann is a first-class bushman, as hard as nails and full of energy.
From Early Days in North Queensland by Edward Palmer
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
In 2006 the bushmen won the right to return and to hunt without permits, but many of them still live outside the reserve.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2011
My folk were bushmen and dreaded the sea, but these enemies were salt-water men, who could with axe and adz scoop from the solid tree outrigger canoes and who were terrible in their strength.
From The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck
