backsettler†

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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one who lives in a back settlement.

Quotations

1828

The good old freeholders of Durham were not to be duped or shaken, however easily the backsettlers might be won.

1845

Many beautiful articles are made by them of [birch bark], and to the back settlers it is invaluable.