Word: bushwhackers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bush
wha
ckers
Definition: Plural of bushwhacker; a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
Morphemes:
Affix: bush
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
Affix: whack
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person whose occupation is (the noun).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -aris
Language: la
Decoded: -aris
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.