mountain man
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They traded in their ’70s logo — a gold-digging mountain man named Maxie Miner — for those multi-colored rainbow threads with the outline of the Denver skyline.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023
Known widely as a mountain man, Beckwourth embarked on a fur-trading expedition in 1823 and an expedition to the Rocky Mountains the following year.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021
He was born in Lewisburg but grew up in Charleston and lightly refers to himself as a mountain man and a hillbilly.
From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2021
During the pandemic, he has traded his Washington-based policy wonk look with a trimmed beard and buzzed hair for a shaggier and scruffier look to fit a Colorado mountain man.
From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021
“Well, that wasn’t so bad,” I said to Bill with a mountain man chuckle and pressed on to the hut.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
![]()