Bush"man (?), n.; pl. Bushmen (#). [Cf. D. boschman, boschjesman. See 1st Bush.]

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.

 

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