(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:01:33

Back"woods"man (?), n.; pl. Backwoodsmen ().

A men living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States.

Fisher Ames.

 

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