About The Word Bushwhacker
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Bushwhacker
Bushwhacker Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Bushwhacker?
[n] a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
[n] a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person Synonyms | Synonyms for Bushwhacker: hillbilly Related Terms | Find terms related to Bushwhacker: ancestor | announcer | antecedent | avant-garde | bellwether | buccinator | bushfighter | casual | Charley | explorer | forebear | foregoer | forerunner | front runner | frontiersman | fugleman | groundbreaker | guerrilla | guide | harbinger | herald | innovator | irregular | lead runner | leader | maquis | maquisard | messenger | partisan | pathfinder | pioneer | point | precedent | precursor | predecessor | resistance | resistance fighter | scout | stormy petrel | trailblazer | trailbreaker | underground | underground fighter | vanguard | vaunt-courier | VC | Vietcong | voortrekker See Also | Confederate soldier | rustic Bushwhacker In Webster's Dictionary \Bush"whack`er\, n.
1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.
[U.S.]
They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of
raccoons by moonlight. --W. Irving.
2. A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be
a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force
or its sympathizers. [U.S.] --Farrow.
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