backwoodsman
Americannoun
plural
backwoodsmen-
a person living in or coming from the backwoods, or a remote or unsettled area.
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a person of uncouth manners, rustic behavior or speech, etc.
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British. a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords.
noun
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a person from the backwoods
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informal an uncouth or rustic person
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informal a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords
Etymology
Origin of backwoodsman
Example Sentences
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He managed to keep working in small projects in theater, films and TV, returning to the mainstream in 1983 with “Cross Creek,” in which he played table-smashing backwoodsman Marsh Turner.
From Fox News • Jul. 10, 2019
“I felt every bit a backwoodsman, and it threw me off the mark.”
From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017
The Descent works so well because it adds a creepy Darwinian overtone to the well-worn horror staple of the inbred, bestial backwoodsman.
From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2016
Among them were “The Hunt,” in which a recently deceased backwoodsman is saved by his beloved hunting dog from accidentally wandering into Hell.
From Time • Mar. 25, 2016
In the face of real catastrophe the New Brunswick backwoodsman does not rave and tear his hair.
From Hoof and Claw by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
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