mountain man

noun

: an American frontiersman (such as a trapper) at home in the wilderness

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Though Park makes of Finn a charming, ex-hippie mountain man, indulgent of Jesse’s quest because he’s found solace in the redwoods from a tragedy of his own, Becca, having perhaps too conveniently also faced tragedy, counters with a passion for protocol. Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025 It is named after longtime local environmental and snowpack researcher billy barr, a reclusive mountain man who prefers spelling his name using lowercase letters. Morgan Tilton, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2025 The only people who can help Sara and Devin are Isaac (Taylor Kitsch), a grouchy mountain man, and Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier), a mute Shoshone girl fleeing her own violent past. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025 Thanks to an epic job search that... The Other Kind of Snowbird Helen Guri My dad is a mountain man. Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mountain man

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mountain man was in 1839

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“Mountain man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountain%20man. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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