bushwalker
bushwalker noun: a hiker or backpacker.
Noun
bushwalker (plural bushwalkers)
- A hiker or backpacker.
- In the following years the Kanangra country became the object of a mild form of cult worship as bushwalkers discovered its many delights[…].1997, Peter Prineas, Henry Gold, Wild Places: Wilderness in Eastern New South Wales, page 66
- There are numerous stories of bushwalkers spending several hours up a tree waiting for a wild pig to go away.2007, Claire Smith, Heather Burke, Digging It Up Down Under: A Practical Guide to Doing Archaeology in Australia, page 98
Forms of bushwalker
| plural | bushwalkers |
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Origin of bushwalker
From bush + walker.
Questions about bushwalker
- What does bushwalker mean?
- Bushwalker means a hiker or backpacker.
- What part of speech is bushwalker?
- Bushwalker is a noun.
- What is the plural of bushwalker?
- The plural of bushwalker is bushwalkers.
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