Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bushman \Bush"man\, n.; pl. {Bushmen}. [Cf. D. boschman,
   boschjesman. See 1st {Bush}.]
   1. A woodsman; a settler in the bush.

   2. (Ethnol.) One of a race of South African nomads, living
      principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied
      in race or language to any other people.