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plainsman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A native, inhabitant or settler of a plains region, but especially of the United States prairies

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller

History

Etymology

From plains + -man.