mountain man

noun

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

Examples of mountain man in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mountain man

• businessman
• canavan
• caravan
• constantan
• dragoman
• fisherman
• handyman
• harmattan
• journeyman
• marianne
• middleman
• minivan