frontiersman

American  

[fruhn-teerz-muhn, fron-, fruhn-teerz-] / frʌnˈtɪərz mən, frɒn-, ˈfrʌn tɪərz- /

noun

plural

frontiersmen

1. a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.

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frontiersman British  

/ frʌnˈtɪəz-, ˈfrʌntɪəzmən /

noun

1. (formerly) a man living on a frontier, esp in a newly pioneered territory of the US

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Etymology

Origin of frontiersman

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; frontier ( def. ) + 's ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

The frontiersman poet Joaquin Miller was assigned to write about a week spent on Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal

He even made the dubious claim of having gone hunting with the famed frontiersman Daniel Boone in Kentucky around 1810, even though Boone was in his 70s at the time and living in Missouri.

From New York Times

In 1954, Disney sparked a youth craze with its “Davy Crockett” serial, with the TV frontiersman’s trademark coonskin cap becoming a must-have for children.

From New York Times

He looked every inch the frontiersman — except for the swimming pool in the background.

From Los Angeles Times

A half-century later, that encounter has become the life’s work of this former Seattle dentist turned Alaskan frontiersman.

From Seattle Times