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Definition of bushwhacker in English: bushwhackernoun ˈbʊʃwakəˈbʊʃˌ(h)wækər 1Australian North American NZ A person who clears land in bush country. - 1.1 A person who lives or travels in bush country.
Example sentencesExamples - If the enemy was this barbarian from the backwoods, well and good! It would be foolish to take offence at this old bushwhacker.
- Bushman - used from the 1820s - was a term of honour, connoting mastery of a harsh environment; but bushy and bushwhacker - which gained currency late in the century - suggested awkwardness and rustic innocence.
- The Cedar Surf is about surf shacks, back roads, bushwhackers, hitchhikers and squatters in the rainforest isolation in and around Tofino, Ucluelet and Jordan River, where surfing beaches are crowded with sea lions, not people.
- Alpinists and skiers (or bushwhackers, for that matter) need flexible packs that move with the body, which means a minimal frame - just a pair of stays, really.
- In the creek you're at least clearing the route for future highpointers, while the private bushwhackers won't follow exactly the same trail.
- For bushwhackers or skiers who want extra stability, Alpina offers the BC Outbound.
- Because of this, the track's opening was celebrated in style - bushwhacker style, that is!
2US A guerrilla fighter (originally in the American Civil War). Example sentencesExamples - During the war, he learned the guerrilla tactics of the bushwhackers, jayhawkers and other insurgency groups who tried, by any means, to halt the progress of Union forces.
- More important has been the second traditional source - the collected, cataloged, and often published accounts of the Union soldiers whom bushwhackers targeted and tormented.
- His group of bushwhackers attracted budding criminals from across the South.
- James, with the help of newspaper editors such as John Edwards, was cast in a political role, as Confederate guerilla, a bushwhacker, enemy of Grant and the corrupt Union.
- Federals arrested only six of the bushwhackers identified in the 1860 census in a county other than the one where he resided.
Definition of bushwhacker in US English: bushwhackernounˈbo͝oSHˌ(h)wakərˈbʊʃˌ(h)wækər 1North American Australian NZ A person who clears woods and bush country. - 1.1 A person who lives or travels in bush country.
Example sentencesExamples - Because of this, the track's opening was celebrated in style - bushwhacker style, that is!
- Bushman - used from the 1820s - was a term of honour, connoting mastery of a harsh environment; but bushy and bushwhacker - which gained currency late in the century - suggested awkwardness and rustic innocence.
- Alpinists and skiers (or bushwhackers, for that matter) need flexible packs that move with the body, which means a minimal frame - just a pair of stays, really.
- For bushwhackers or skiers who want extra stability, Alpina offers the BC Outbound.
- In the creek you're at least clearing the route for future highpointers, while the private bushwhackers won't follow exactly the same trail.
- The Cedar Surf is about surf shacks, back roads, bushwhackers, hitchhikers and squatters in the rainforest isolation in and around Tofino, Ucluelet and Jordan River, where surfing beaches are crowded with sea lions, not people.
- If the enemy was this barbarian from the backwoods, well and good! It would be foolish to take offence at this old bushwhacker.
2US A guerrilla fighter (originally in the American Civil War). Example sentencesExamples - Federals arrested only six of the bushwhackers identified in the 1860 census in a county other than the one where he resided.
- His group of bushwhackers attracted budding criminals from across the South.
- James, with the help of newspaper editors such as John Edwards, was cast in a political role, as Confederate guerilla, a bushwhacker, enemy of Grant and the corrupt Union.
- More important has been the second traditional source - the collected, cataloged, and often published accounts of the Union soldiers whom bushwhackers targeted and tormented.
- During the war, he learned the guerrilla tactics of the bushwhackers, jayhawkers and other insurgency groups who tried, by any means, to halt the progress of Union forces.
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