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Bushwhacker   Listen
noun
Bushwhacker  n.  
1.
One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes. (U.S.) "They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of raccoons by moonlight."
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.)





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"Bushwhacker" Quotes from Famous Books



... Drew's spine was a band of ice. This was no Union trooper. The scout could identify a far worse threat now—bushwhacker ... guerrilla, one of the jackals who hung on the fringe of both armies, looting, killing, and changing sides when it suited their purposes. Such a man was a murderer who would kill another for a pair of boots, a whole shirt, or the mere ...
— Ride Proud, Rebel! • Andre Alice Norton


Words linked to "Bushwhacker" :   Confederate soldier, hillbilly, bushwhack, rustic


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