To A. B. Paterson, son of a dispossessed squatter, writing from a city office, the bushmen with their horses and simple skills were the backbone of Australia.
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Bushman
Synonyms for "bushman" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (36)
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7 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 17 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Boesman noun (Bushman)
Czech
1 entries- křovák noun (Bushman)
Esperanto
1 entries- boŝmano noun (Bushman)
Finnish
3 entries- busmanni noun (Bushman)
- bušmanni noun (Bushman)
- eränkävijä noun (Translations)
French
2 entries- Bochiman noun (Bushman)
- broussard noun (Translations)
German
1 entries- Buschmann noun (Bushman)
Irish
1 entries- Buiseach noun (Bushman)
Italian
1 entries- boscimano noun (Bushman)
Japanese
1 entries- ブッシュマン noun (Bushman)
Māori
1 entries- waoko noun (Translations)
Nǀuu
1 entries- Saasi noun (Bushman)
Portuguese
1 entries- bosquímano noun (Bushman)
Sicilian
1 entries- buscìmanu noun (Bushman)
Sotho
1 entries- Morwa noun (Bushman)
Spanish
1 entries- bosquimán noun (Bushman)
Xhosa
1 entries- umThwa noun (Bushman)
Zulu
1 entries- umuThwa noun (Bushman)
Sample sentences
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Its^([the Bulletin's]) writers shaped ‘a group myth about Australians and their destiny’; in the absence of conventional heroes, visiting the past to claim the bushman as the first ‘Australian’, the anti-hero in the struggles against empire.
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Later, historian Russel Ward (1958) famously identified the outback bushman as the “typical” Australian – a rugged individualist, courageous and loyal to his mates.
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