bushwhacker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bushwhacker	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bushwhacker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bushwhacker n a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn: hillbilly, bushwhacker] a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bushwhacker \Bush"whack`er\, n. 1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes. [U.S.] They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of raccoons by moonlight. --W. Irving. 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.