Bushwhacker

3 definitions found

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

  Bushwhacker \Bush"whack`er\, n.
     1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.
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              They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of


              raccoons by moonlight.                --W. Irving.
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     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.] --Farrow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bushwhacker
       n 1: a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn: {hillbilly}]
       2: a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "bushwhacker":
     Charley, VC, Vietcong, ancestor, announcer, antecedent,
     avant-garde, bellwether, buccinator, bushfighter, casual, explorer,
     forebear, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman,
     fugleman, groundbreaker, guerrilla, guide, harbinger, herald,
     innovator, irregular, lead runner, leader, maquis, maquisard,
     messenger, partisan, pathfinder, pioneer, point, precedent,
     precursor, predecessor, resistance, resistance fighter, scout,
     stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker, underground,
     underground fighter, vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker