'Backwoodsman' definitions:
Definition of 'backwoodsman'
(from WordNet)
noun
A man who lives on the frontier [syn: frontiersman, backwoodsman, mountain man]
Definition of 'Backwoodsman'
From: GCIDE
- Backwoodsman \Back"woods"man\, n.; pl. Backwoodsmen. A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the United States in former times. --Fisher Ames. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'backwoodsman'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- briar-hopper,
- brush ape,
- bumpkin,
- bushman,
- clam digger,
- cracker,
- desert rat,
- forester,
- frontiersman,
- hick,
- hillbilly,
- hinterlander,
- mountain man,
- mountaineer,
- piny,
- provincial,
- redneck,
- ridge runner,
- woodlander,
- woodman,
- woodsman,
- yokel