"backwood" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: back + wood; compare backwater Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|wood}} back + wood, {{m|en|backwater}} backwater Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} backwood (not comparable)
  1. Native to or located in a remote rural location. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-backwood-en-adj-R3q7yN-2
  2. Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-backwood-en-adj-NORO099i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: backwoods

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          "ref": "2000 April 17, Helen Gibson, “Another Archer Mystery”, in Time",
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