"Bushman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Bushmen [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|Bushmen}} Bushman (plural Bushmen)
  1. A person who lives in the bush, especially a member of a community or ethnic group who lives in the bush. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms, Languages, People Synonyms: Bosjesman, San Translations (Bushman): Boesman (Afrikaans), boŝmano (Esperanto), bušmanni (Finnish), busmanni (Finnish), Bochiman [masculine] (French), Buiseach [masculine] (Irish), boscimano [masculine] (Italian), bosquímano [masculine] (Portuguese), buscìmanu [masculine] (Sicilian), Morwa (Sotho), bosquimán [masculine] (Spanish), umThwa [class-1, class-2] (Xhosa), umuThwa [class-1, class-2] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-Bushman-en-noun-IV9784uS Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 78 22 Disambiguation of Languages: 73 27 Disambiguation of People: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'Bushman': 73 27
  2. (now sometimes offensive, ethnic slur) A member of one of the foraging ethnic groups native to southwestern Africa, mostly the Kalahari. Tags: ethnic, offensive, slur, sometimes
    Sense id: en-Bushman-en-noun-zATg2zHs Categories (other): English ethnic slurs

Inflected forms

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