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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

Hann is a first-class bushman, as hard as nails and full of energy.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward

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

The court said the bushmen could use an existing well on their traditional land in the Kalahari Game Reserve, and excavate new wells.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2011

It was a difficult matter to reach her deck, and Lamartine's boys were bushmen who knew nothing of the sea.

From Long Odds by Bindloss, Harold




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