bushwhacker
/ˈbʊʃˌwækər/
noun
- A person who travels through dense woods or underbrush, often cutting a path.
- The park ranger warned that only skilled bushwhackers should attempt the off-trail route.
- The experienced bushwhacker led the group through the tangled forest.
- As a bushwhacker, she knew how to avoid poison ivy and thick brambles.
- A person who attacks from a hidden position; an ambusher.
- In the old Western, the hero outsmarted the bushwhackers who tried to rob him.
- The soldiers set a trap for the bushwhackers who had been attacking supply wagons.
- The settlers feared bushwhackers hiding along the riverbank.
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