backwoodsmen

plural of backwoodsman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for backwoodsmen
Noun
  • People who pursue the sublime in nature—mountaineers, scuba divers, and the like—are often on the hunt for it.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Located on Mount Everest’s North Face, the Hornbein has captivated mountaineers since Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld made its first ascent in 1963.
    Outside, Outside, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.
    Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But the Shah’s failure to provide support to the peasants led to their farms failing, and sent waves of impoverished migrants to Tehran and other Iranian cities—many of whom would later fuel the 1979 revolution.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Backwoodsmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backwoodsmen. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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