Definition of Bushwhackers

1. Noun. (plural of bushwhacker) ¹

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Definition of Bushwhackers

1. bushwhacker [n] - See also: bushwhacker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bushwhackers

bushwacked
bushwacking
bushwacks
bushwah
bushwahs
bushwalk
bushwalked
bushwalker
bushwalkers
bushwalking
bushwalks
bushwas
bushwhack
bushwhacked
bushwhacker
bushwhackers (current term)
bushwhacking
bushwhackings
bushwhacks
bushwork
bushy
bushy aster
bushytail woodrat
busied
busier
busies
busiest
busihead
busily

Literary usage of Bushwhackers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Under Both Flags: A Panorama of the Great Civil War, as Represented in Story by George Morley Vickers (1896)
"A NIGHT WITH bushwhackers. * FROM A SOLDIER'S DIARY. ATLANTA having been captured by General Sherman's army, and my three years' service having expired, ..."

2. Loyal West Virginia from 1861 to 1865: With an Introductory Chapter on the by Theodore F. Lang (1895)
"bushwhackers and their Methods.—Western Virginians Allied to Northern Sentiments and Institutions.—Gov. Letcher Assembles Legislature in Extra Session. ..."

3. South-western Methodism: A History of the M. E. Church in the South-west by Charles Elliott, Leroy M. Vernon (1868)
"A volume would scarcely contain the records of loyal citizens, especially loyal Methodists, murdered by rebel bushwhackers. The following is one case of a ..."

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