Backwoodsman

n.

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.

Noun

1.

backwoodsman - a man who lives on the frontier Synonyms: frontiersman, mountain man

briar-hopper, brush ape, bumpkin, bushman, clam digger, cracker, desert rat, forester, frontiersman, hick, hillbilly, hinterlander, mountain man, mountaineer, piny, provincial, redneck, ridge runner, woodlander, woodman, woodsman, yokel