backwoodsman

[ bak-woo dz-muh n ]

/ ˈbækˈwʊdz mən /

a person living in or coming from the backwoods, or a remote or unsettled area.

a person of uncouth manners, rustic behavior or speech, etc.

British. a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords.

Origin of backwoodsman

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; backwoods + -man

Boone, Daniel, a famous American backwoodsman; d. 1822, aged 84.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood
When a backwoodsman finishes three or more sticks he sets them up wigwam form (Fig. 38).

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft |Dan Beard
Then every man in the regiment, Creole and backwoodsman, lay back to laugh.

The Crossing |Winston Churchill
He had Raffles on his right hand, and the backwoodsman of letters on his left.

A Thief in the Night |E. W. Hornung

The logs are piled one above another, as the backwoodsman builds a log-fence.

My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field |Charles Carleton Coffin

backwoodsman

/ (ˈbækˌwʊdzmən) /

a person from the backwoods

US informal an uncouth or rustic person

British informal a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords