back country

noun

1. a sparsely populated rural region remote from a settled area.
2. Australian. a remote, undeveloped part of a large farm or cattle station.

back country

noun

1. land remote from a town or settled area

Other Words From

• back-country adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of back country¹

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

I did not expect to find anything of the kind in this back country.

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The people of the back country were in not the slightest degree responsible for the revolt against British authority in the East.

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In 1802 the development of the back country was freshly emphasized by the admission of Ohio as a State.

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At the time of the outbreak he led a party of refugees at the greatest risk to himself through the back country to Shakopee.

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Its fine climate and orange-groves have always rendered it celebrated, although it has no fertile back country.

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Related Words

• backwoods