backwoodser
An American term for someone who lives deep in the backwoods — remote, rural, and far from city life.
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An American term for someone who lives deep in the backwoods — remote, rural, and far from city life. It can be neutral (just describing where someone's from) or carry a snobby edge (implying the person is unsophisticated or out of touch with modern life). Real backwoodsers often wear the label as a badge of pride: self-reliant, no-nonsense, and unbothered by what the city crowd thinks of them.
He was a genuine backwoodser — no cell service, no neighbors for five miles, and absolutely fine with both.
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(US) An inhabitant of the backwoods.
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