Plural of bushman
irregular plural
The plural of bushman is bushmen.
Forms of bushman
| Singular | bushman |
|---|---|
| Plural | bushmen |
| Countable | countable |
Bushmen in a sentence
- Paterson, son of a dispossessed squatter, writing from a city office, the bushmen with their horses and simple skills were the backbone of Australia.1970, Douglas Pike, Australia: The Quiet Continent, page 230
- The experts also agree that the bushmen only painted from life.2010, Brad Steiger, Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside, →ISBN. From the entry life
- The original "barcoo rot," as experienced by the older bushmen, was scurvy pure and simple.1917, letter, British Medical Journal, volume 1917, page 468. From the entry Barcoo rot
- “My boys are practically all bushmen, while these chaps are salt-water men, and there’s no love lost between them.1911 March, Jack London, Adventure, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC. From the entry no love lost
- I had accepted an engagement to go out with Mystofilms Ltd. in Fake of Dead Man's Bush—the dwarf-men picture, you know, taken on the spot among the Australian bushmen.1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, “The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers”, in Lord Peter Views the Body. From the entry on the spot
Meaning of bushman
- noun A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
Nouns ending in -man: plural -men
Questions about the plural of bushman
- What is the plural of bushman?
- The plural of bushman is bushmen.
- Is bushman countable?
- Bushman is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bushman (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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