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mountain man

noun

  1. mountaineer.

  2. a man who lives and works in the mountains or wilderness, especially a frontiersman or pioneer, as in the early American West.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of mountain man1

First recorded in 1685–95
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Ethan Dexter looks like a mountain man hunk, but in his private life, he’s lost in the wilderness when it comes to women.

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Among its first eternal residents was a mountain man who killed a grizzly bear and vice versa somewhere out in Malibu.

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It was heaven for a 20-something mountain man who could climb and backcountry ski to his heart’s content while working in one of the world’s most stunning alpine settings.

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Slim and handsome in a green shirt with a honey-colored beard, he looked like a real mountain man.

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A mountain man talk talks about surviving the outdoors in an ad that stars singer Sarah McLachlan spoofing her well-known and oft mocked animal-advocacy ad that uses her song “Angel.”

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