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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 as an experienced hunter and bushman who knew the area he disappeared into well.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 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

Ormsby, on hearing the bushman had sped into the wilderness, grew furious with Piet, and wished Frankfort had taken his advice in forbidding Fitje’s accompanying her husband.

From Jasper Lyle by Ward, Harriet