Synonyms:
- ancestor,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- avant-garde,
- backwoodsman,
- bellwether,
- briar-hopper,
- brush ape,
- buccinator,
- bushman,
- bushwhacker,
- clam digger,
- cracker,
- desert rat,
- explorer,
- forebear,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- forester,
- front runner,
- fugleman,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- hillbilly,
- hinterlander,
- innovator,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- messenger,
- mountain man,
- mountaineer,
- pathfinder,
- piny,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- redneck,
- ridge runner,
- scout,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker,
- woodlander,
- woodman,
- woodsman