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Backsettler

Backsettler \Back"set"tler\ (b[a^]k"s[e^]t"l[~e]r), n. [Back, a. + settler.] One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.

The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster.
--Macaulay. [1913 Webster] ||

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backsettler

n. One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.