Bushfighter

/ˈbʊʃˌfaɪtər/ noun

A soldier or fighter engaged in bush warfare, fighting in forested or scrubland terrain rather than open battlefield.

Compound of 'bush' and 'fighter', emerging in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe combatants in colonial and guerrilla conflicts in forested regions.

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