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backwoodsman
[ bak-woodz-muhn ]
noun
- a person living in or coming from the backwoods, or a remote or unsettled area.
- a person of uncouth manners, rustic behavior or speech, etc.
- British. a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of backwoodsman1
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Example Sentences
Your true backwoodsman carefully hides every sign of his love for either family or friends.
The backwoodsman, as he drank, held a tight grip on the rope.
Thus commanded, and the man at the stern paddle being supreme in a canoe, the backwoodsman obeyed with a curse.
They could drive a bargain and could discover loopholes in a contract in a fashion to take the average backwoodsman off his feet.
Swift as that spring was, that of the alert backwoodsman was just swift enough to elude it—in part.
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