'bushwhacker' definitions:
Definition of 'bushwhacker'
(from WordNet)
noun
A disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn: hillbilly, bushwhacker]
noun
A Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
Synonyms of 'bushwhacker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ancestor,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- avant-garde,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- bushfighter,
- casual,
- Charley,
- explorer,
- forebear,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- groundbreaker,
- guerrilla,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- innovator,
- irregular,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- maquis,
- maquisard,
- messenger,
- partisan,
- pathfinder,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- resistance,
- resistance fighter,
- scout,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- underground,
- underground fighter,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- VC,
- Vietcong,
- voortrekker