Meaning of bushie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who lives in or is familiar with the Australian outback; a bushman or bushwoman.
   Australia, colloquial
2. A political supporter or fan of U.S. President Bush (either Bush 43, or Bush 41, or both Presidents George Bush)
   US

Examples

“I bought the king parrot from an old bushie in a pub in Exhibition Street.”

“Timber was a sign of poverty, of our poor-white condition and backwardness: it made ‘bushies’ of us.”

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