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English

Noun

One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
A Confederate guerilla during the American Civil War.
Someone who attacks without warning.

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bushwhacker \Bush"whack`er\, n.
1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.
[U.S.]
[1913 Webster]

They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of
raccoons by moonlight. --W. Irving.
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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.] --Farrow.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet bushwhacker
n 1: a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn: hillbilly]
2: a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War

Moby Dictionary
Charley , VC , Vietcong , ancestor , announcer , antecedent ,
avant-garde , bellwether , buccinator , bushfighter , casual , explorer ,
forebear , foregoer , forerunner , front runner , frontiersman ,
fugleman , groundbreaker , guerrilla , guide , harbinger , herald ,
innovator , irregular , lead runner , leader , maquis , maquisard ,
messenger , partisan , pathfinder , pioneer , point , precedent ,
precursor , predecessor , resistance , resistance fighter , scout ,
stormy petrel , trailblazer , trailbreaker , underground ,
underground fighter , vanguard , vaunt-courier , voortrekker