backwoodsman
Americannoun
plural
backwoodsmen-
a person living in or coming from the backwoods, or a remote or unsettled area.
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a person of uncouth manners, rustic behavior or speech, etc.
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British. a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords.
Etymology
Origin of backwoodsman
Example Sentences
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He managed to keep working in small projects in theater, films and TV, returning to the mainstream in 1983 with “Cross Creek,” in which he played table-smashing backwoodsman Marsh Turner.
From Fox News
The Tories’ hard-Brexit backwoodsmen thus stand poised to undermine May’s team.
From The Guardian
“He was also a crack shot and a backwoodsman,” said Mr. Jones.
From New York Times
“I felt every bit a backwoodsman, and it threw me off the mark.”
From The New Yorker
The Descent works so well because it adds a creepy Darwinian overtone to the well-worn horror staple of the inbred, bestial backwoodsman.
From The Guardian
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