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bushman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English bush Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English bushman From bush + -man.

Meanings

1. (Australia) A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
   • Near-synonym: bushcrafter
   • To A. B. Paterson, son of a dispossessed squatter, writing from a city office, the bushmen with their horses and simple skills were the backbone of Australia. 1970, Douglas Pike, Australia: The Quiet Continent, page 230:
   • Its^([the Bulletin's]) writers shaped ‘a group myth about Australians and their destiny’; in the absence of conventional heroes, visiting the past to claim the bushman as the first ‘Australian’, the anti-hero in the struggles against empire. 2000, Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, page 214:
   • Later, historian Russel Ward (1958) famously identified the outback bushman as the “typical” Australian – a rugged individualist, courageous and loyal to his mates. 2010, Susan Lawrence, Peter Davies, An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788, page 117:
   • An occasional Afghan makes a good bushman. These rare birds, with the help of natives, found that by winding in and out over the soft ground of the valleys they could bring a camel-train where no wheeled transport could go. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 86:

Forms

Coordinates

bushwoman · camper · hiker · survivalist · hunter

Deriveds

bushman poison · bushman grass · bush pilot · bushman's breakfast · bus kanaka · bushcraft · bushmanship

Hypernyms

person · bushperson · outdoorsperson

Synonyms

bushcrafter

Translations (3)

fr broussard (Translations) · fi eränkävijä (Translations) · mi waoko (Translations)