backwoodsman

He managed to keep working in small projects in theater, films and TV, returning to the mainstream in 1983 with “Cross Creek,” in which he played table-smashing backwoodsman Marsh Turner.

From Fox News ● Jul. 10, 2019

“I felt every bit a backwoodsman, and it threw me off the mark.”

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017

The Descent works so well because it adds a creepy Darwinian overtone to the well-worn horror staple of the inbred, bestial backwoodsman.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2016

Among them were “The Hunt,” in which a recently deceased backwoodsman is saved by his beloved hunting dog from accidentally wandering into Hell.

From Time ● Mar. 25, 2016

“Lynx and them is holed up, all right,” declared the backwoodsman with conviction.

From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Grace Brooks Hill

He was more than capable of inspiring his fellow rough-hewn backwoodsmen to join his command and leading them into battle, often to their detriment, but great leadership is only one aspect of command.

From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2022

Taxidermy, long the domain of backwoodsmen and museum employees, is enjoying a vogue lately among young urbanites, due in part to a back-to-the-land revival that also favors beards, flannel and butchery workshops.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2010

The Cotton Blossom's theatre-saloon, where the troupe rehearses deshabillee of a morning, will seat 600 river-folk, farmers, backwoodsmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

There, in a cheerful office off to one side of a hangar, Arnold's wife Carol receives shopping lists from the backwoodsmen on her short-wave radio; then she does all their marketing.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few backwoodsmen were sent forward in February, 1754, to build a fort at the forks of the Ohio, but were captured by a body of French and Indians.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton