a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
2. Australian informal
an unsophisticated person; boor
3.
a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
4. US
any guerrilla
5. New Zealand
a person who works in the bush, esp at timber felling
bushwhacker in American English
(ˈbuʃˌhwækər, -ˌwækər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that bushwhacks
2. (in the American Civil War)
a guerrilla, esp. a Confederate
3.
any guerrilla or outlaw
4. Austral slang
an unsophisticated person; hick
Derived forms
bushwhacking
noun
Word origin
[1800–10, Amer.; bush1 + whacker]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Caucasian, gong, isolate, pueblo, studio