backwoodsman

backwoodsman
/bak"woodz"meuhn/, n., pl. backwoodsmen.
1. a person living in or coming from the backwoods.
2. a person of uncouth manners, rustic behavior or speech, etc.
3. Brit. a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords.
[1700-10, Amer.; BACKWOODS + -MAN]

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