Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, US, historical)A male trapper and explorer who lives in the wilderness.

    a man who lives on the frontier

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Freedom is akin to the rarified air of a mountain top. Weak men cannot bear one or the other.

    deFreiheit ist wie die dünne Luft auf einem Berggipfel, schwache Menschen können weder das eine noch das andere aushalten. — Manfredo

Forms

plural: mountain men
Singularmountain man
Pluralmountain men

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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