English Explanatory Dictionary

Leatherstocking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.

Word forms

Leatherstocking Leatherstockings

Etymology

Nickname of Natty Bumppo, the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, who grew up with Native Americans and adopted their customs; from leather + stocking.

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