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backlander
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a settler in the back country.
See: back country
Quotations
1869
All the best lands fronting on the lakes, rivers, and sea-coast, were taken up previous to the year 1820; since that period the lands to the rear of the front lots have been occupied by the later immigrants, who are in consequence distinguished by the name of "Backlanders."