Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bushwhacker

2 senses of bushwhacker

Sense 1
hillbilly, bushwhacker -- (a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person)
       => rustic -- (an unsophisticated country person)

Sense 2
bushwhacker -- (a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War)
       => Confederate soldier -- (a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War)