'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