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backwoodsman [ˈbækˌwʊdzmən] n pl -men
1. (Sociology) a person from the backwoods 2. US informal an uncouth or rustic person 3. (Law / Parliamentary Procedure) Brit informal a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations backwoodsman [ˈbækwʊdzmən] N (backwoodsmen (pl)) 1. (lit) → campesino/a m/f (pej) → patán m 2. (fig) (= reactionary) → reaccionario/a m/f (Brit) (Pol) par que asiste con muy poca frecuencia a las sesiones de la Cámara de los Lores How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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You shall not escape me in this way, you morose backwoodsman,' retorts Lady Tippins. Much the same is it with the backwoodsman of the West, who with comparative indifference views an unbounded prairie sheeted with driven snow, no shadow of tree or twig to break the fixed trance of whiteness. With the hereditary legislator in whom eloquence is a far-descended attainment--a rich echo repeated by powerful voices from Cicero downward--we will match some wondrous backwoodsman, who has caught a wild power of language from the breeze among his native forest boughs. |
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