backwoodsman
noun
a person living in or coming from the backwoods, or a remote or unsettled area.
backwoodsmen
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pluralof backwoodsman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Confronted with half a dozen strapping backwoodsmen with rum on their breath and Valley Forge on their lips, he reluctantly agreed to support their fight to make all pensions forever exempt from taxation.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the Carolina citizens who clustered about him to celebrate the victory of provincial backwoodsmen over British loyalist militia at Kings Mountain 150 years ago, President Hoover spoke of the "ideals and ideas of America."
From Time Magazine Archive
The backwoodsmen were loyal to the new American Government—loyal to a man.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
