2. Noun. (plural of bushman) ¹
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Definition of Bushmen
1. bushman [n] - See also: bushman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bushmen
Literary usage of Bushmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa by Robert Moffat (1850)
"It was however found extremely difficult, from the bushmen coming into ...
Thus ceased the operations of the Society among the poor wild bushmen at these ..."
2. The Negro Races: A Sociological Study by Jerome Dowd (1907)
"Why the bushmen are Confined to the Desert. ... And even if the bushmen were
permitted to reside outside of the desert, it is doubtful if they would wish to ..."
3. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1890)
"Although distributed in scattered groups, without national cohesion of any sort,
the bushmen manifest much sympathy for each other, cheerfully co-operating ..."
4. Travels in South Africa, Undertaken at the Request of the London Missionary by John Campbell (1822)
"VARIOUS OCCURRENCES—COMMANDO AGAINST THE bushmen—A PUBLIC DANCE IN HONOR OF ...
They found a calf newly killed by the bushmen, and a fire kindled to cook it ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"According to Huxley, the particular modifications of the Negroid type are: the
small bushmen with lighter skin; the partly brachycephalic Negritos with ..."
6. The Pygmies by Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1894)
"Hottentots and bushmen.—Hottentots: physical characters.—Role of
the woman.—Poetry.—Language. ... Religious beliefs of the bushmen ; dualism;
superstitions. ..."
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