Definitions for back country

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

back′ coun`try(n.)

  1. a sparsely populated rural region remote from a settled area.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of back country:

1740–50

back′-coun`try(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. backwoods, back country, boondocks, hinterland(noun)

    a remote and undeveloped area

Wiktionary

  1. back country(Noun)

    A remote part of a country


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