bushman

Example Sentences

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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

“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

But yet among them students," said the bushman, "there wuz one As hit me an' the settlement as fair as any gun.

From Sonnets and Other Verse by MacKeracher, W. M.