backwoodsman

[ bak-woodz-muhn ]

noun

, plural back·woods·men.

1. a person living in or coming from the backwoods, or a remote or unsettled area.
2. a person of uncouth manners, rustic behavior or speech, etc.
3. British. a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords.

Word History and Origins

Origin of backwoodsman¹

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; backwoods + -man

Example Sentences

Your true backwoodsman carefully hides every sign of his love for either family or friends.

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The backwoodsman, as he drank, held a tight grip on the rope.

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Thus commanded, and the man at the stern paddle being supreme in a canoe, the backwoodsman obeyed with a curse.

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They could drive a bargain and could discover loopholes in a contract in a fashion to take the average backwoodsman off his feet.

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Swift as that spring was, that of the alert backwoodsman was just swift enough to elude it—in part.

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Related Words

• hinterlander
• mountain man
• woodsman