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3 dictionary results for: bushmen
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
bush·man       [boosh-muhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -men.
1.a woodsman.
2.Australian. a pioneer; dweller in the bush.
3.(initial capital letter) San.

[Origin: 1775–85; bush1 + man1, modeled on Afrik boschjesman lit., man of the bush]
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Bush·man       (bŏŏsh'mən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. See San.
  2. bushman Australian One who lives or travels in the wilderness, especially in the outback.


[Translation of Afrikaans boschjeman : boschje, bush + man, man.]

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Bushmen

The nomadic hunting and gathering peoples of the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa, in Botswana, Namibia, and Angola. (See hunting and gathering societies and nomadism.)


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