mountain man
nounDefinition of mountain man
: an American frontiersman (such as a trapper) at home in the wilderness
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Heroine Gerda begins her odyssey with help from mountain man Kai to liberate their kingdom from eternal winter. — Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com, "Top Baltimore arts events for fall 2019," 29 Aug. 2019 Wolf’s other group is the Texas Free Trappers, which recreates the colorful era of the mountain men rendezvous of 1825-40. — John Goodspeed, ExpressNews.com, "Black powder passion: Modern mountain man breathes life into history," 11 July 2019 Annual events include the Peg Leg Smith Liars Contest, named after mountain man and prospector Thomas L. Smith, where storytellers are invited spin tales about Smith or lost gold. — Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Borrego Springs: Low-key oasis with small-town vibe, set in the Anza-Borrego Desert," 27 June 2019 And for his crew Powell chose mountain men and Civil War veterans with virtually no experience on the water. — Gerard Helferich, WSJ, "Book Review: The Perils of a Pathfinder," 19 July 2018 The mountain man’s already outsize legend only grew after his death, culminating in a TV show that ran in 1977-78. — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, "The original Grizzly Adams kept his bears on a chain in SF," 7 July 2018 His beard was hugely overgrown, but Violet had sort of a thing for the mountain man look. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "A transgender girl rises up against alien invaders in Rich Larson’s novel Annex," 8 July 2018 Nathan Zellner appears as a mountain man; Robert Forster plays a disillusioned pastor; and musician Russell Mael from the band Sparks provides a bit of yodeling. — Mark Olsen, latimes.com, "Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska revel in 'Damsel's' new take on the Old West," 27 June 2018 Near the various ages of Abe is a bronze sculpture of a mountain man with a turkey slung over his shoulder. — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, "Doyel: Why Indy doesn't have a Reggie Miller statue," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mountain man.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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