mountain man

noun

1. mountaineer ( def 1 ).
2. a man who lives and works in the mountains or wilderness, especially a frontiersman or pioneer, as in the early American West.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mountain man¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

American settlers had been nosing around for decades—mountain men, fur trappers, scouts and surveyors.

From MIT Technology Review

Her type was either pretty boy or mountain man, “and not much in between.”

From The Daily Beast

He said he knew one Mountain Man who got himself a young “hippie gal,” and they went to the woods and it turned out fine.

From The Daily Beast

Now jist why can't this mountain man take ninety dollars in folding money offen me and cut out all this bankin' stuff.

From Project Gutenberg

If there should occur on the heels of the first tragedy a second, traceable to a mountain man, the fat would be in the fire.

From Project Gutenberg

To a Kentucky mountain man, nothing is better than a good juicy bear steak.

From Project Gutenberg

This same bully threatened that when a certain mountain man came to town he would "finish him."

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It was easy to see why she was the "White Rose" to the rough old mountain man.

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