ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : a rural and relatively thinly settled and undeveloped area to the rear of a more densely peopled and developed region containing the main centers of population
the antagonism between Tidewater and backcountry in colonial Virginia
: farming area
trucks daily bring in produce from the backcountry
2. : the country to the rear of a settled district : a frontier area : borderland
the first white men to set foot in that vast backcountry