Backwoodsman
[bækwudzmәn]
Definition
(n.) A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States.
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Examples
- You shall not escape me in this way, you morose backwoodsman,' retorts Lady Tippins. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Masters and men had to labour together as backwoodsmen, and were equalized in the process. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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