D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Backwoodsman

/băk'-wo͝od'-zmən/ · Back·woods·man · IPA /bˈækwˈʊdzmən/
01 n. A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the United States in former times.
pl. Backwoodsmen
  1. 1.
    A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the United States in former times.