Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 older portions of
   the United States. --Fisher Ames.

Source : WordNet®

backwoodsman
     n : a man who lives on the frontier [syn: {frontiersman}, {mountain
         man}]