backwoodsman
/ˈbækˌwʊdzmən/
noun
- A person who lives or is skilled in the backwoods; a frontiersman or woodsman.
- The backwoodsman taught the scouts how to start a fire without matches.
- The old backwoodsman could track a deer for miles without losing the trail.
- As a backwoodsman, he knew how to build a shelter from nothing but trees and vines.
- A person regarded as unsophisticated or uncouth due to living in a remote rural area.
- The movie portrayed the backwoodsman as a simple but honest character.
- The city visitors looked down on him as a backwoodsman, but he was wiser than they realized.
- He spoke with the drawl of a backwoodsman, but his ideas were surprisingly modern.
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