bushwhacker DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
1 n.
a person who takes up land in the bush, clears it, and makes a home there, back from the centres of civilization; backwoodsman.
See also: backwoodsman
2 n.
a country person; a rough, unrefined backwoodsman.
3 n.
a person living in the bush and familiar with its ways.
See also: bushman (def. 2)