mountain man

/ˌmaʊnt(ə)n mæn/
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Definitions of mountain man
  1. noun
    a man who lives on the frontier
    synonyms: backwoodsman, frontiersman
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    examples:
    Daniel Boone
    an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820)
    Christopher Carson
    United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)
    David Crockett
    United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
    type of:
    pioneer
    one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
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