3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: backwoodsman n : a man who lives on the frontier [syn: {frontiersman}, {mountain man}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 22 Moby Thesaurus words for "backwoodsman": 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
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