'Backsettler' definitions:
Definition of 'Backsettler'
From: GCIDE
- Backsettler \Back"set"tler\ (b[a^]k"s[e^]t"l[~e]r), n. [Back, a. + settler.] One living in the back or outlying districts of a community. [1913 Webster]
- The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Backsheesh