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backwoodsman

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back⋅woods⋅man

  [bak-woodz-muhn]
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–noun, plural -men.
1. a person living in or coming from the backwoods.
2. a person of uncouth manners, rustic behavior or speech, etc.
3. British. a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords.
Origin:
1700–10, Americanism; backwoods + -man
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back·woods   (bāk'wŏŏdz')   
pl.n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

  1. Heavily wooded, uncultivated, thinly settled areas.

  2. An area that is far from population centers or that is held to be culturally backward.

back'woods'man n., back'woods'y (-wŏŏd'zē) adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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