backwoodsman

back·woods

B0017100 (băk′wo͝odz′)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)1. Heavily wooded, uncultivated, thinly settled areas.2. An area that is far from population centers or that is held to be culturally backward.

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back′woods′man n.back′woods′y (-wo͝od′zē) adj.

backwoodsman

(ˈbækˌwʊdzmən) n, pl -men1. (Sociology) a person from the backwoods2. informal US an uncouth or rustic person3. (Parliamentary Procedure) informal Brit a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords

back•woods•man

(ˈbækˈwʊdz mən)

n., pl. -men. a person living in or coming from the backwoods. [1700–10, Amer.]

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Noun

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backwoodsman - a man who lives on the frontier frontiersman, mountain manpioneer - one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"

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Hinterwäldler