bushman

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see also: Bushman

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Noun

bushman (plural bushmen)

1. (Australia) A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
   • 2000, Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=QJQcvoXs6QYC&pg=PA214&dq=%22bushman+%22|%22bushmen+%22+australia+-intitle:%22bushman|bushmen%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NrMaT8ebNPGviQfazuDbCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bushman%20%22|%22bushmen%20%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22bushman|bushmen%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 214],

     Its^{[The Bulletin's]} writers shaped ‘a group myth about Australians and their destiny’; in the absence of conventional heroes, visiting the past to claim the bushman as the first ‘Australian’, the anti-hero in the struggles against empire.

   • 2010, Susan Lawrence, Peter Davies, An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0daMD8TDzIIC&pg=PA117&dq=%22bushman+%22|%22bushmen+%22+australia+-intitle:%22bushman|bushmen%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gpsaT9i4OYSSiQffib3mCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bushman%20%22|%22bushmen%20%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22bushman|bushmen%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 117],

     Later, historian Russel Ward (1958) famously identified the outback bushman as the “typical” Australian – a rugged individualist, courageous and loyal to his mates.

Translations

• French: broussard

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Bushman

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Noun

bushman (plural Bushmen)

1. A member of one of the foraging ethnic groups native to southwestern Africa, mostly the Kalahari.

Synonyms

• Bosjesman
• San

Translations

• French: Bochiman
• Italian: boscimano
• Portuguese: bosquímano
• Spanish: bosquimán

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