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Definition: Backwoodsman |
BackwoodsmanNoun1. A man who lives on the frontier. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "backwoodsman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
Synonyms: BackwoodsmanSynonyms: frontiersman (n), mountain man (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agriculture | Husbandman, horticulturist, gardener, florist; agricultor, agriculturist; yeoman, farmer, cultivator, tiller of the soil, woodcutter, backwoodsman; granger, habitat, vigneron, viticulturist; Triptolemus. |
Inhabitant | Noun: inhabitant; resident, residentiary; dweller, indweller; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan, cit, townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier, cotter; compatriot; backsettler, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Backwoodsman |
| English words defined with "backwoodsman": Backwoodsmen. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
backwoodsman | 16 |
backwoodsman magazine | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "backwoodsman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ai që banon në vend të humbur. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | обитател на горски пущинаци (bushwhacker). (various references) | |
Czech | zálesák. (various references) | |
Farsi | اهل جای دورافتاده , دهاتی (Boor, Boorish, Clodhopper, Hobnail, Kern, Peasant, Rustic, Villager, Yokel). (various references) | |
German | hinterwäldler (backwoodsmen, Hick, hillbilly). (various references) | |
Hungarian | városban ritkán járó ember (backwoodsmen), faragatlan ember (backwoodsmen, clod-hopper, clown, dimwit, hick, loon, pig, yob, yobbo), erdőt írtó telepes (backwoodsmen), ügyefogyott ember (backwoodsmen, fumbler, gawk, klutz, lame duck), õserdõben élõ gyarmatos, őserdőben élő telepes (backwoodsmen), őserdőben élő gyarmatos (backwoodsmen). (various references) | |
Indonesian | orang dusun (hick, lout). (various references) | |
Italian | uomo delle foreste, uomo rozzo. (various references) | |
Manx | fer ny keylljyn fadaneagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackwoodsmanbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pessoa do mato, indivíduo rústico e rude. (various references) | |
Romanian | provincial (countrified, country, parochial, provincial, rustic), parlamentar inactiv. (various references) | |
Russian | обитатель лесной глуши. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | stanovnik šumskog predela. (various references) | |
Spanish | bosqui/mano, persona que vive en un lugar perdido, patán (boor, bumpkin, churl, clod, clodhopper, clown, country bumpkin, duffer, loon, lout, mucker, oaf, rube, yokel). (various references) | |
Swedish | obygdbo, nybyggare (colonist, frontiersman, planter, settler, squatter). (various references) | |
Turkish | taşralı (countryman, Hick, provincial, rustic, upcountry), lordlar kamarasına seyrek gelen soylu, kaba adam (bear, boor, cad, caveman, churl, clown, lout, mucker, yahoo), dağlı (hillman, mountaineer, mountainous, mountainy). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | мешканець лісової глушини, дикун (barbarian, savage). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "backwoodsman" (pronounced ba'kwuh"dzmun) |
| 7 | -w uh" d z m u n | woodsmen. |
| 5 | -d z m u n | headsman, landsman, ombudsman, seedsman, tradesmen. |
| 4 | -z m u n | chrismon, jasmine, oarsman, salesman, townsman. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, Kirkman, Landman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-k-m-n-o-o-s-w" | |
-3 letters: backwoods. | |
-4 letters: backwood, woodsman. | |
-5 letters: abscond, backsaw, bookman, condoms, sockman, woodman. | |
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