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bushwhacker Definition


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bushwhacker
noun
    (N Amer)
    1. A guerrilla fighter.
    (N Amer)
    (Austral)
    2. Someone who lives or travels in bush country.
    (Austral)
    3. colloq
      A country bumpkin or backwoodsman.
Etymology: 19c, literally ‘someone who chops down (or whacks) the bush'.



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