Synonyms and related words :
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