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bushman

• 1 n. a settler in the bush (def. 5).

  See also: bush ((n.)) (def. 5)  

  • 1852  One would think that the bushman, ere he made a clearance of this yet, would have enough to do.
  • 1910  . . . he could assume the bovine stolidity which, though foreign to his real nature, the Canadian bushman occasionally adopts for diplomatic purposes.

• 2 n. a person who frequents and is familiar with the bush, as a trapper, prospector, or trader.

  See also: bush-ranger  bush-rover  bushwhacker (def. 3)  woods-runner (def. 2)  

  • 1907  During forty years in the [north] country, I never knew an Indian or white bushman to carry a compass.
  • 1960  His hair is messed and long in the approved fashion of all bushmen and northerners in general.

• 3 n. a logger; lumberjack; bushworker.

  See also: bushworker  

  • 1912  . . . the manager . . . kept . . . a little overcrowded store; there the bushmen might get their winter clothing. . . .
  • 1919  We met the Supt. the next day and he stated that the act did not apply to the bushmen, and that we either had to work the full time, or go to the office and get our pay.
  • 1966  Picking berries on the Mackenzie is more glamorous but not more difficult than picking one's way . . . among . . . the towering log trucks of the bushmen driving hell-bent for Hull.