Definitions

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  • noun Australia, New Zealand A hiker or backpacker.

Etymologies

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From bush +‎ walker.

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Examples

  • We are waiting for the bread to rise the way a bushwalker may wait for the moon.

    Baking Bread Jane Flett 2011

  • Hayden Adcock, 40, an experienced traveller and bushwalker, was in Laos after a trip to Vietnam, and initially set out for a walk to a well-known waterfall in the Hinboun district on July 31.

    Archive 2008-08-01 2008

  • The bushwalker was trekking overnight on Mt Bogong, in the Alpine National Park, when he became lost.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2012

  • Missing Tasmanian bushwalker Phillip Michael Dewis found after police search A MAN missing in bushland in Tasmania has found his way back to search crews alive and well.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The bushwalker was trekking overnight on Mt Bogong, in the Alpine National Park, when he became lost.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2012

  • A man has been charged following an attack on a female bushwalker in the NSW Blue

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • A man has been charged with attempted murder over a stabbing attack on a bushwalker in the

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • A man has been charged with attempted murder over a stabbing attack on a bushwalker in the

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • A man has been charged following an attack on a female bushwalker in the NSW Blue

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • A man has been charged following an attack on a female bushwalker in the NSW Blue

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

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