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Date: 1700-1800
Origin: From early Afrikaans boschjesman, from boschjes 'small forest' (from bosch 'forest') + man

Bushman

 noun
     
Bush‧man plural Bushmen [countable]
someone who belongs to a southern African tribe who live in the bush (=wild country)
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