Definition of Bushwhecker
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Australian) a person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country
- (US) a Confederate guerilla during the American Civil War
- someone who attacks without warning
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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