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Look up: bushwhacker

  1. Bushwhacker
    Bushwhacker is Australian slang for an unsophisticated person; boor.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. bushwhacker
    [n] - a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. bushwhacker
    In the American Civil War, a pro-Confederacy guerrilla. Infamous for their ruthless methods, the bushwhackers attacked, murdered, and robbed Union supporters and destroyed their land and property....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Bushwhacker
    Bush'whack`er noun 1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes. [ U.S.] « They were gallant bushwhackers , and hunters of raccoons by moonlight. W. Irving. » 2. A guerrilla; a marauding assassi...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/117

  5. Bushwhacker
    • (n.) One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes. • (n.) A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. bushwhacker
    • a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
    • a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War

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  7. Bushwhacker
    Bushwhacker is Australian slang for an unsophisticated person; boor.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. Bushwhacker
    `Bushwhacking` was a form of guerrilla warfare common during the American Revolutionary War, American Civil War and other conflicts in which there are large areas of contested land and few `Governmental Resources` to control these tracts. This was particularly prevalent in rural areas during the Civ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushwhacker

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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