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Bushman

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Noun

1. bushman

a member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa

2. bushman

a dweller in the Australian bush country

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bushman

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noun plural -men
Australian and New Zealand
a person who lives or travels in the bush, esp one versed in bush lore
noun plural -man or -men
1. 
a member of a hunting and gathering people of southern Africa, esp the Kalahari region, typically having leathery yellowish skin, short stature, and prominent buttocks
2. 
any language of this people, belonging to the Khoisan family

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Bushman

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbushmen (bʊʃmən ; booshmən)
1. 
a person who lives in the Australian bush
2. 
a backwoodsman
3.  [B-]
a. 
a member of a nomadic people living in the region of the Kalahari Desert in S Africa
b. 
the Khoisan language of this people

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bushman

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n.
1. See San2.
2. bushman Australian One who lives or travels in the wilderness, especially in the outback.

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