outdoorsman
Americannoun
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a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
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a person who spends much time in the outdoors.
Gender
See -man.
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An avid outdoorsman, Webb managed a farm and hunting lodge and enjoyed offshore fishing and boating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
He wasn’t a crazed football fan or a flighty 30-something bachelor, but an outdoorsman who loved mountain biking away from the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
His wife said that he is an experienced outdoorsman who has previously camped in poor weather conditions.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
Championing salmon issues came naturally to him as an outdoorsman, schooled by Nisqually tribal leaders now through two generations that if salmon are doing well, that is also good for people.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
Kermit was always a good companion and an excellent outdoorsman, possessing the same relentless endurance as his father.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Kennedy is also, fittingly for his family’s reputation for being full of robust outdoorsmen, a big proponent of getting outside into the woods—advice being made dangerous by the ticks.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
It grew from the vision of Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton, two outdoorsmen who envisioned a ski area in the rugged terrain not far from an Army alpine training center called Camp Hale.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
"I don’t think he can shoplift, live on the run, live in cheap hotels. On a one to 10 he’s probably a six, compared to the outdoorsmen and some of the guys I’ve captured."
From Fox News ● Sep. 25, 2021
Both are young but experienced outdoorsmen who have been flown in and dropped at a barely mapped river in the middle of hundreds of miles of forest.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2019
They were antique steel full moons, and when he put them on he invariably underwent a quiet transformation, becoming suddenly professorial, handsome in the way that some outdoorsmen are yet scholarly at the same time.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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