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bushman
noun 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
good, rare
VERB + BUSHMAN
makes
BUSHMAN + NOUN
birds
Definitions
noun
1
A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
Near-synonym: bushcrafter
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.
noun
1
A person who lives in the bush, especially a member of a community or ethnic group who lives in the bush.
2
A member of one of the foraging ethnic groups native to southwestern Africa, mostly the Kalahari.
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noun — nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa
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Near-synonym: bushcrafter
Wiktionary02
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 whee
Wiktionary03
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.
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