bushman Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa
  2. noun a dweller in the Australian bush country

WordNet

Bush"man noun
Etymology
Cf. D. boschman, boschjesman. See 1st Bush.
Wordforms
plural Bushmen
Definitions
  1. A woodsman; a settler in the bush.
  2. (Ethnol.) One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people.

Webster 1913