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bushwhacker (encz) | bushwhacker,dřevorubec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bushwhacker (gcide) | Bushwhacker \Bush"whack`er\, n.
1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.
[U.S.]
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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.
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bushwhacker (wn) | bushwhacker
n 1: a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn:
hillbilly, bushwhacker]
2: a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
bushwhacker (encz) | bushwhacker,dřevorubec n: Zdeněk Brož |
bushwhacker (wn) | bushwhacker
n 1: a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn:
hillbilly, bushwhacker]
2: a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War |
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