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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, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2017
Tepi was an accomplished hunter and tracker and a superb backwoodsman.
—National Geographic, 17 Mar. 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, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2017
Tepi was an accomplished hunter and tracker and a superb backwoodsman.
—National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backwoodsman
Noun
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In that campaign, he was joined by Aron Ralston, the mountaineer who had to amputate part of his right arm to survive a climbing accident, and others who were bitten by rattlesnakes and hunted by hungry vultures.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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Western climbers have declined due to rising travel costs and geopolitical tensions, but Asian mountaineers have surged this season after China shuttered its route to the peak.—
Binaj Gurubacharya,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Those are remarkable figures for a language once dismissed as a peasant tongue, pushed to Ireland’s western edge and to within an inch of its life.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
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In the dying days of the Russian Empire, highborn ladies would willingly cut the dirty fingernails of the peasant Grigori Rasputin and then sew the clippings onto their dresses like sacred talismans.—
Gerard DeGroot,
Air Mail,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Backwoodsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backwoodsman. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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