Bushmen

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bushman \Bush"man\, n.; pl. {Bushmen}. [Cf. D. boschman,
     boschjesman. See 1st {Bush}.]
     1. A woodsman; a settler in the bush.
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     2. (Ethnol.) One of a race of South African nomads, living


        principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied
        in race or language to any other people.
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