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noun
A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Synonyms: bushcrafter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bushperson, outdoorsperson, person
noun
A person who lives in the bush, especially a member of a community or ethnic group who lives in the bush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A member of one of the foraging ethnic groups native to southwestern Africa, mostly the Kalahari.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: offensive, sometimes
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a dweller in the Australian bush country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pioneer
noun
a member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nomad
History
Etymology tree English bush Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English bushman From bush + -man.
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
