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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Backwoodsman \Back"woods"man\, n.; pl. Backwoodsmen.
      A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements,
      especially on the western frontiers of the United States in
      former times. --Fisher Ames.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]