bushman

noun

bush·man ˈbu̇sh-mən How to pronounce bushman (audio)

plural bushmen

Bushman sometimes offensive, see usage paragraph below

: a member of any of the indigenous and traditionally hunter-gatherer peoples of southern Africa who are considered the oldest inhabitants of the region : san sense 1

Several dozen Bushmen who had been expelled from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have returned there under a landmark court ruling giving the traditional hunter-gatherers rights to land they and their ancestors occupied for thousands of years.

Craig Timberg

In Southern Africa, there are perhaps 100,000 indigenous people commonly referred to as Bushmen or San—terms typically used by outsiders and, though sometimes considered demeaning, often by the people themselves.

Barry Bearak

: san sense 2

: woodsman

chiefly Australia : a person who lives in the bush

Word History

Etymology

bush entry 1 + man entry 1; in sense 1 after early Afrikaans bossieman, bossiesman, boschjesman, bosjesman

First Known Use

1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

单词	bushman
释义	bushman noun bush·man ˈbu̇sh-mən plural bushmen 1 Bushman sometimes offensive, see usage paragraph below a : a member of any of the indigenous and traditionally hunter-gatherer peoples of southern Africa who are considered the oldest inhabitants of the region : san sense 1 Several dozen Bushmen who had been expelled from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have returned there under a landmark court ruling giving the traditional hunter-gatherers rights to land they and their ancestors occupied for thousands of years. Craig Timberg In Southern Africa, there are perhaps 100,000 indigenous people commonly referred to as Bushmen or San—terms typically used by outsiders and, though sometimes considered demeaning, often by the people themselves. Barry Bearak b : san sense 2 2 a : woodsman b chiefly Australia : a person who lives in the bush Word History Etymology bush entry 1 + man entry 1; in sense 1 after early Afrikaans bossieman, bossiesman, boschjesman, bosjesman First Known Use 1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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