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BUSHWHACKER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bushwhacker" is a kind of...):

Confederate soldier (a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War)

Derivation:

bushwhack (wait in hiding to attack)

bushwhack (live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A disparaging term for an unsophisticated person

Synonyms:

bushwhacker; hillbilly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bushwhacker" is a kind of...):

rustic (an unsophisticated country person)

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