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bushman
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a settler in the bush (def. 5).
See: bush ((n.))(def. 5)
Quotations
1852
One would think that the bushman, ere he made a clearance of this yet, would have enough to do.
1910
. . . he could assume the bovine stolidity which, though foreign to his real nature, the Canadian bushman occasionally adopts for diplomatic purposes.
2n.
a person who frequents and is familiar with the bush, as a trapper, prospector, or trader.
Quotations
1907
During forty years in the [north] country, I never knew an Indian or white bushman to carry a compass.
1960
His hair is messed and long in the approved fashion of all bushmen and northerners in general.
3n.
a logger; lumberjack; bushworker.
See: bushworker
Quotations
1912
. . . the manager . . . kept . . . a little overcrowded store; there the bushmen might get their winter clothing. . . .
1919
We met the Supt. the next day and he stated that the act did not apply to the bushmen, and that we either had to work the full time, or go to the office and get our pay.
1966
Picking berries on the Mackenzie is more glamorous but not more difficult than picking one's way . . . among . . . the towering log trucks of the bushmen driving hell-bent for Hull.