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bushman Definition


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bushman
noun
    (Austral)
    (NZ)
    1. Someone who lives or travels in the bush.
    2. A member of an almost extinct, small-statured, aboriginal race of nomadic huntsmen in S Africa.
      Form: Bushman
    3. Any of the languages spoken by the Bushmen.
      Form: Bushman
Etymology: 18c in sense 2: from Afrikaans boschjesman.



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