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bushmen

[boosh-muhn] Origin

bush·man

[boosh-muhn]
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 Afrikaans boschjesman literally, man of the bush
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Bushmen is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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Word Origin & History

Bushman
1785, from South African Du. boschjesman, lit. "man of the bush."
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Bushmen definition


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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