HyperDic: backwoodsman

English > 1 sense of the word backwoodsman:
NOUNperson backwoodsman, frontiersman, mountain mana man who lives on the frontier
backwoodsman > pronunciation
Soundsbae'kwuh'dzmahn
RhymesAachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...
English > backwoodsman: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA man who lives on the frontier.
Synonymsfrontiersman, mountain man
InstancesBoone, Daniel BooneAn American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820)
Carson, Kit Carson, Christopher CarsonUnited States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)
Crockett, Davy Crockett, David CrockettUnited States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
BroaderpioneerOne the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

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