noun. One accustomed to sojourn in the woods, or beat about among bushes.

noun. In the civil war in the United States, a member of the irregular troops on the Confederate side engaged in guerrilla warfare; a guerrilla: a term applied by the Federal forces.

noun. A short heavy scythe for cutting bushes.

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

noun. A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers.

noun. One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.

noun. A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.

noun. A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.

noun. Someone who attacks without warning.

noun. A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).

noun. a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War

noun. a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person

"When the passports were delivered by the courier, I called the bushwhacker and pedagogue and silently gave him the papers."

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