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BUSHWHACKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
Classified under:
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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