backwoodsman
Americannoun
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backwoodsmen
plural
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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.
noun
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a person from the backwoods
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informal an uncouth or rustic person
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informal a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords
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Origin of backwoodsman
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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 ● Jul. 10, 2019
“I felt every bit a backwoodsman, and it threw me off the mark.”
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
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 ● Oct. 25, 2016
Among them were “The Hunt,” in which a recently deceased backwoodsman is saved by his beloved hunting dog from accidentally wandering into Hell.
From Time ● Mar. 25, 2016
With this homely but sincere expression of his desires, the backwoodsman ceased to think of the deadly danger lately threatening himself.
From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne
He was more than capable of inspiring his fellow rough-hewn backwoodsmen to join his command and leading them into battle, often to their detriment, but great leadership is only one aspect of command.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2022
Taxidermy, long the domain of backwoodsmen and museum employees, is enjoying a vogue lately among young urbanites, due in part to a back-to-the-land revival that also favors beards, flannel and butchery workshops.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2010
Grande Anse reveled long and late, the victorious flare-up of the hostess furnishing backwoodsmen and Manhattanites alike with a merry toast.
From Time Magazine Archive
For more than 50 years, the flinty, down-East salesman peddled wilderness wares of his own making to grizzled backwoodsmen as well as fugitives from Abercrombie & Fitch.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cry is now rising in every part of Christendom—from the backwoodsmen of the Rocky Mountains to the cities of the Old World, of late, stirred by a mighty want—Education, Universal Education!
From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Osgood, Samuel
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