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Synonyms for backwoodsman


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bak-woo dz-muh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˈwʊdz mən



Définition of backwoodsman

  • As in mountain man : noun wilderness dweller
Example sentences :
  • "He insisted on taking a walk to-day," explained the backwoodsman.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Land Boomer » by Ralph Bonehill
  • Every backwoodsman carries on all occasions, the means of furnishing his meat.
  • Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck
  • "All right, sir," responded the backwoodsman, not without curiosity.
  • Extract from : « Tom, The Bootblack » by Horatio Alger
  • The mode of securing him was suggested by Stanfield, the backwoodsman: it was simple and safe.
  • Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
  • The central figures were Reuben (a backwoodsman), and Dorothy, his adopted daughter.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • He went about as a backwoodsman naturally does, without posturing or swagger.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • None but a seaman or a backwoodsman could have accomplished the undertaking so rapidly, if at all.
  • Extract from : « Dick Onslow » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • It must not be supposed that the life of a backwoodsman is all pleasure and excitement.
  • Extract from : « The Red Man's Revenge » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • But in the sort of backwoodsman he had been there was such stuff as renegades were made of.
  • Extract from : « Stories Of Ohio » by William Dean Howells
  • Be that how it will, the backwoodsman is not without some fineness to his nature.
  • Extract from : « The Confidence-Man » by Herman Melville

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