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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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