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bushman

[boosh-muhn] / ˈbʊʃ mən /
NOUN
person who lives/works in the woods
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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

Henry Lawson, an Australian, tells of the intelligence of the bushman at his highest development in a study entitled "His Colonial Oath."

From The Awful Australian by Desmond, Valerie