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Thesaurus: bushwhacker

One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.

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  1. n. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.
  2. n. A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers.
  3. n. a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
  4. n. a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
  5. n:100 n. a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War