Definition of bushman
1
Bushman
[modification of obsolete Afrikaans boschjesman, from boschje (diminutive of bosch forest) + Afrikaans man]
now sometimes offensive
a
: a member of a group of short-statured peoples of southern Africa who traditionally live by hunting and foraging
b
: the Khoisan languages spoken by these people
2 a
: woodsman
b
chiefly Australia
: a person who lives in the bush
