plainsman
Americannoun
noun
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“Oh, no, we wouldn’t!” he asserted with all the eagerness of the amateur plainsman.
From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018
A plainsman would not only claim to be ignorant of the ways of other regions but willingly appear to be misinformed about them.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 29, 2017
Henry and Jane, older and wiser, know that talent, like blood type, is decided before birth; that the plainsman, the rebel and the runaway are all branches on the same family tree.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Pershing turned, heard gruff phrases from the lips of a distraught plainsman, obviously the owner of the land on which he, General Pershing, hunted.
From Time Magazine Archive
These included the officers and pilots, who took to the upstanding young plainsman at first sight and gave painstaking answers to his many but sensible questions.
From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.
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