mountain man
Americannoun
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a man who lives and works in the mountains or wilderness, especially a frontiersman or pioneer, as in the early American West.
Etymology
Origin of mountain man
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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Ethan Dexter looks like a mountain man hunk, but in his private life, he’s lost in the wilderness when it comes to women.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
They traded in their ’70s logo — a gold-digging mountain man named Maxie Miner — for those multi-colored rainbow threads with the outline of the Denver skyline.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
He was born in Lewisburg but grew up in Charleston and lightly refers to himself as a mountain man and a hillbilly.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2021
During the pandemic, he has traded his Washington-based policy wonk look with a trimmed beard and buzzed hair for a shaggier and scruffier look to fit a Colorado mountain man.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2021
Stories and legends about the awesome mountain man followed shortly.
From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
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