Backsettler

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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