as in mountaineer
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Recent Examples of backwoodsman
Deep in the Bitterroot National Forest, this bear-dogging backwoodsman has vivid memories of the old days.
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Drew Palmer, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2020
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2017
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2017
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2017
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2017
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2017
Tepi was an accomplished hunter and tracker and a superb backwoodsman.
—National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2017
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2017
Drew Palmer, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2020
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2017
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2017
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2017
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2017
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2017
Tepi was an accomplished hunter and tracker and a superb backwoodsman.
—National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2017
In the formal dining room, the couple entertained both dignitaries and Tennessee backwoodsmen, without regard for their station, and in a placid location behind the garden are their graves.
—Patti Nickell, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backwoodsman
Noun
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The agency also noted that mountaineers must also deal with altitude sickness due to the high elevation levels of the mountain.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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Unpredictable weather patterns have been a major hurdle for mountaineers attempting to summit Everest this month, according to the Kathmandu Post’s Sangam Prasain.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Set between the late 1930s and 1954, the movie retells the Algerian War of Independence through the eyes of a peasant farmer, exploring the roots of the movement and depicting the harshness of French colonial rule.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
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Part 2: fifteen years later, while fleeing Petrograd, Nabokov’s father is accosted on a bridge by a gray-bearded peasant, who asks for a light and proves to be Kuropatkin in disguise.—
Elif Batuman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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“Backwoodsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backwoodsman. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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