different between modern vs backwoodsman

English

Etymology

From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?d(?)n/
• (General American) enPR: m?d??rn, IPA^(key): /?m?d?n/
• Rhymes: -?d?(?)n
• Hyphenation: mod?ern

Adjective

modern (comparative moderner or more modern, superlative modernest or most modern)

1. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
   • 2018, Timothy Snyder, "How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?", The New York Times, June 14, 2018

     In fact, he had created the conditions for the great horror of modern times.
2. (historical) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

Synonyms

• (pertaining to current or recent time): contemporary, current; see also Thesaurus:present

Antonyms

• (pertaining to current or recent time): ancient, dated, former, historical, old, old-fashioned
• (pertaining to the modern period): premodern

Derived terms

Related terms

• moderne
• Modernisme
• modernus

Translations

Noun

modern (plural moderns)

1. Someone who lives in modern times.

   • The only supernatural agents which can in any manner be allowed to us moderns, are ghosts; but of these I would advise an author to be extremely sparing.

   • 1779, Edward Capell, John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare

     What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […]

   • 1930, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Rome

     They at least had the immense and mighty imagination of which I speak; they could unthink the past. They could uncreate the Fall. With a reverence which moderns might think impudence, they could uncreate the Creation.

   • 1956, John Albert Wilson, The Culture of Ancient Egypt (page 144)

     Even though we moderns can never crawl inside the skin of the ancient and think and feel as he did […] we must as historians make the attempt.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “modern”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• modern at OneLook Dictionary Search
• modern in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "modern" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 208.
• modern in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• modern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Morden, Redmon, morned, nerdom, normed, rodmen

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin modernus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?d??n/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?d?rn/

Adjective

modern (feminine moderna, masculine plural moderns, feminine plural modernes)

1. modern

Derived terms

Further reading

• “modern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “modern” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “modern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “modern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo??d?rn/
• Hyphenation: mo?dern
• Rhymes: -?rn

Adjective

modern (comparative moderner, superlative modernst)

1. modern
2. (historical, Protestantism) modernist

   Synonym: modernistisch

Inflection

Derived terms

• hypermodern
• moderniseren
• modernisme, modernist, moderniste
• moderniteit
• postmodern, postmodernisme, postmodernist, postmoderniste

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: modern

German

Etymology 1

From Moder (“moldiness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?d?n/

Verb

modern (weak, third-person singular present modert, past tense moderte, past participle gemodert, auxiliary haben)

1. to rot, to molder

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From French moderne, from Latin modernus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?d??n/

Adjective

modern (comparative moderner, superlative am modernsten)

1. modern
2. state-of-the-art

Declension

Derived terms

• Modernismus

Hungarian

Etymology

From English modern and German modern, from French moderne, from Medieval Latin modernus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mod?rn]
• Hyphenation: mo?dern
• Rhymes: -?rn

Adjective

modern (comparative modernebb, superlative legmodernebb)

1. modern

   Synonym: korszer?

Declension

References

Further reading

• modern in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?t?n/

Adjective

modern

1. modern

Declension

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch modern, from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus, from modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". Doublet of mode, model, modul, and modus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo?d?r(??)n]
• Hyphenation: mo?dèrn

Adjective

modèrn

1. modern.

   Synonyms: terbaru, mutakhir

Noun

modèrn (first-person possessive modernku, second-person possessive modernmu, third-person possessive modernnya)

1. modern.

Alternative forms

• moden (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
• moderen (nonstandard Indonesian)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “modern” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

From French moderne.

Adjective

modern m or n (feminine singular modern?, masculine plural moderni, feminine and neuter plural moderne)

1. modern

Declension

Swedish

Etymology 1

From French moderne, from Late Latin modernus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

modern (comparative modernare, superlative modernast)

1. modern; pertaining to current style

Declension

Related terms

• modernisera
• modernism
• modernistisk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of moder.

Noun

modern

1. definite singular of moder
2. definite singular of mor

Anagrams

• morden

English

Etymology

backwoods +? man

Noun

backwoodsman (plural backwoodsmen)

1. A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
2. An uncivilized person.
3. (informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.

Translations

See also

• woodsman
• frontiersman