bushwhackern.

/ˈbʊʃˌhwakə/

Etymology: < bush n.¹ + whacker n., one who ‘whacks’ or beats. (Compare also Dutch bosch-wachter, forest-keeper.)

U.S.

literal. One who whacks or beats bushes; hence,

1. One accustomed to beat about or make his way through bushes; a backwoodsman, a bush-ranger.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > parts of

New Englander1637

bayman1641

New English1647

Novangle1650

Novanglian1752

Yankee1765

cracker1766

Yank?1778

bushwhacker1809

tuckahoe1816

southerner1817

Yengees1819

muskrat1823

blue belly1827

half horse and half alligator1828

Southron1828

northerner1831

westerner1835

Northman1836

Easterner1838

Far-Wester1843

southwesterner1845

western1846

sand-hiller1848

Vineyarder1851

mountain boomer1859

Far Westerner1862

blue-nosed Yankee1866

Appalachian1888

sloper1892

Ozarkian1893

rebel1895

reb1897

Middle Westerner1899

hillbilly1900

Midwesterner1916

Ozarker1920

Geechee1926

Middle American1944

upstater1944

Mid-American1959

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. iv. 107 They were gallant bush-whackers and hunters of racoons by moon-light.

1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase II. xlii. 86 Do you think..all our eastern dignitaries combined could have compelled young bushwhackers to wear coats and shoes in recitation rooms?

2. Applied in the American Civil War to irregular combatants who took to the woods, and were variously regarded as patriot guerrillas, or as bush-rangers and banditti; a bush-fighter.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > guerrilla > [noun] > specific

jay-hawker1860

bushwhacker1862

comitadji1903

chetnik1909

partisan1917

shifta1920

fellagha1922

maquisard1944

mujahidin1947

Tupamaro1969

terr1976

1862 Macmillan's Mag. June 141 Of banditti, or bush-whackers..we say nothing.

1866 J. E. H. Skinner After Storm I. 240 Neither bushwhackers or slaves were seen in the streets.

3. A scythe or other implement used to cut away brushwood.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > scythe > types of

brush-scythe1573

grass scythe1573

cradle-scythe1669

crather1688

bushwhacker1858

1858 J. Dow Serm. I The victim soon destined to fall before the keen-edged bush-whacker of Time.

1858 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 396/1 He is a graduate of the plough, and the stub-hoe, and the bush-whacker.

4. One who clears the land of bush, esp. an axeman engaged in cutting timber. New Zealand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumberman

wood-hewerc1000

wooderc1050

hagger1294

wood-hagger1294

feller1422

woodman1426

faller1614

wood-maker1616

forest-feller1618

axeman1671

holt-felstera1678

stocker1686

bayman1715

logger1734

wood-cutter1758

lumberer1809

lumbermana1817

shantyman1824

chopper1827

splitter1841

bushman1846

mahogany cutter1850

piner1871

bush-faller1882

lumberjack1888

bushwhacker1898

home guard1903

Jack1910

gyppo1912

timber-getter1912

timberjack1916

timber beast1919

1898 J. Bell In Shadow of Bush iv. 18 Davie isn't qualified as a bush whacker yet.

1907 W. H. Koebel Return of Joe 257 The most skilful bush-whacker in the district.

1948 R. Finlayson Tidal Creek ii. v. 149 How nice after Uncle Ted's bushwhacker style to see a table with a crisp white cloth.

Derivatives

bushwhackerism n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [noun]

trailbaston1304

brigantaille1393

latrocinyc1430

brigancy1513

free-boot1598

freebootinga1599

brigandize1609

latronage1619

free-booty1649

moss-trooping1649

buccaneering1758

dacoiting1802

gang robbery1812

dacoity1813

free-bootery1813

brigandage1823

bush-ranging1832

mosstroopery1845

filibustering1856

klephtism1858

robberhood1863

brigandism1865

Vikingism1880

bushwhackerism1883

Vikingship1883

banditism1885

dacoitage1887

brigandry1909

banditry1922

1883 American 6 356 The ‘border ruffianism’ and the ‘bushwhackerism’ which disgraced Missouri.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	bushwhacker
释义	bushwhackern. /ˈbʊʃˌhwakə/ Etymology: < bush n.¹ + whacker n., one who ‘whacks’ or beats. (Compare also Dutch bosch-wachter, forest-keeper.) U.S. literal. One who whacks or beats bushes; hence, 1. One accustomed to beat about or make his way through bushes; a backwoodsman, a bush-ranger. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > parts of New Englander1637 bayman1641 New English1647 Novangle1650 Novanglian1752 Yankee1765 cracker1766 Yank?1778 bushwhacker1809 tuckahoe1816 southerner1817 Yengees1819 muskrat1823 blue belly1827 half horse and half alligator1828 Southron1828 northerner1831 westerner1835 Northman1836 Easterner1838 Far-Wester1843 southwesterner1845 western1846 sand-hiller1848 Vineyarder1851 mountain boomer1859 Far Westerner1862 blue-nosed Yankee1866 Appalachian1888 sloper1892 Ozarkian1893 rebel1895 reb1897 Middle Westerner1899 hillbilly1900 Midwesterner1916 Ozarker1920 Geechee1926 Middle American1944 upstater1944 Mid-American1959 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. iv. 107 They were gallant bush-whackers and hunters of racoons by moon-light. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase II. xlii. 86 Do you think..all our eastern dignitaries combined could have compelled young bushwhackers to wear coats and shoes in recitation rooms? 2. Applied in the American Civil War to irregular combatants who took to the woods, and were variously regarded as patriot guerrillas, or as bush-rangers and banditti; a bush-fighter. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > guerrilla > [noun] > specific jay-hawker1860 bushwhacker1862 comitadji1903 chetnik1909 partisan1917 shifta1920 fellagha1922 maquisard1944 mujahidin1947 Tupamaro1969 terr1976 1862 Macmillan's Mag. June 141 Of banditti, or bush-whackers..we say nothing. 1866 J. E. H. Skinner After Storm I. 240 Neither bushwhackers or slaves were seen in the streets. 3. A scythe or other implement used to cut away brushwood. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > scythe > types of brush-scythe1573 grass scythe1573 cradle-scythe1669 crather1688 bushwhacker1858 1858 J. Dow Serm. I The victim soon destined to fall before the keen-edged bush-whacker of Time. 1858 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 396/1 He is a graduate of the plough, and the stub-hoe, and the bush-whacker. 4. One who clears the land of bush, esp. an axeman engaged in cutting timber. New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumberman wood-hewerc1000 wooderc1050 hagger1294 wood-hagger1294 feller1422 woodman1426 faller1614 wood-maker1616 forest-feller1618 axeman1671 holt-felstera1678 stocker1686 bayman1715 logger1734 wood-cutter1758 lumberer1809 lumbermana1817 shantyman1824 chopper1827 splitter1841 bushman1846 mahogany cutter1850 piner1871 bush-faller1882 lumberjack1888 bushwhacker1898 home guard1903 Jack1910 gyppo1912 timber-getter1912 timberjack1916 timber beast1919 1898 J. Bell In Shadow of Bush iv. 18 Davie isn't qualified as a bush whacker yet. 1907 W. H. Koebel Return of Joe 257 The most skilful bush-whacker in the district. 1948 R. Finlayson Tidal Creek ii. v. 149 How nice after Uncle Ted's bushwhacker style to see a table with a crisp white cloth. Derivatives bushwhackerism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [noun] trailbaston1304 brigantaille1393 latrocinyc1430 brigancy1513 free-boot1598 freebootinga1599 brigandize1609 latronage1619 free-booty1649 moss-trooping1649 buccaneering1758 dacoiting1802 gang robbery1812 dacoity1813 free-bootery1813 brigandage1823 bush-ranging1832 mosstroopery1845 filibustering1856 klephtism1858 robberhood1863 brigandism1865 Vikingism1880 bushwhackerism1883 Vikingship1883 banditism1885 dacoitage1887 brigandry1909 banditry1922 1883 American 6 356 The ‘border ruffianism’ and the ‘bushwhackerism’ which disgraced Missouri. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1809
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