bushwhacker
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
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(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
The bushwhackers remained at General Cooper′s camp several days, then crossed the Red River into Texas.
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(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
1967 April, Donald Keith, The Time Machine Hunts a Treasure, ''Boys' Life'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ROj2GiDixoMC&pg=PA51&dq=%22bushwhacker%22|%22bushwhackers%22+-intitle:%22bushwhacker|bushwhackers%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en…
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(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
: She stared at us. “Hardly. You must be from far off, not to know about Quantrill′s raids. Last March the bushwhackers rode into Aubrey, shot every man in town, stole everything, burned down houses.”
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A bush-basher is someone who heads off the beaten path — literally pushing through scrub, dense vegetation, and rough terrain without a proper trail. In Australian and New Zealand contexts it can describe both a person and the action of bushbashing. It captures the adventurous (or stubborn) spirit of forging your own route through the wilderness when no track exists.
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(Australia, New Zealand) To travel or build a route straight across country rather than following an established track, typically involving forcing one's way through forest and/or undergrowth.