plainsman

[pleynz-muhn]

noun

plural

plainsmen 

1. an inhabitant of the plains. plain.

plainsman

/ ˈpleɪnzmən /

noun

1. a person who lives in a plains region, esp in the Great Plains of North America

Word History and Origins

Origin of plainsman¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; plain ¹ + -s ³ + -man

Example Sentences

Murnane’s mysterious plainsmen pursue the “lifelong task of shaping from uneventful days in a flat landscape the substance of myth.”

Read more on The New Yorker

A race of a few hundred yards with a desert horse uses him up, and he falls a victim to the well-nigh unerring bolas of the plainsmen.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Then, too, his fame as a plainsman was well known, and it reached military headquarters long before he himself arrived.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

They were of many different types: wiry, brown-faced plainsmen; silent, grave-eyed fellows from the forest belt; smart bank clerks and traders; mechanics; and a few women.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

He often made our heroes wonder at the amount of tact and wisdom he displayed, as a plainsman and wild hunter.

Read more on Project Gutenberg