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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



... unceremoniously separated me from my eight-dollar plug hat . . . At break-neck speed we reached a haven of safety. Meanwhile, I was left in doubt whether death was more desirable from being thrown from a runaway Federal horse, or as the tragic result of a rifle ball fired by a disloyal bushwhacker in the middle of ...
— Lincoln • Nathaniel Wright Stephenson


Words linked to "Bushwhacker" :   bushwhack, Confederate soldier


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