borderer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of borderer
Example Sentences
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We were too well-mounted to fear being overtaken; and, as we galloped off into the night, with confidence could we echo the cry of the bold borderer: “They’ll have fleet steeds that follow!”
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
Right past Vosh at that moment sprang the deacon; and he met the bear halfway, like the brave old borderer that he was.
From Winter Fun by William O. Stoddard
That was a matter of course with every borderer in such moments.
From The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Noo, Jamie Scott o' Cannobie, He hied to Carel toon; And mony a borderer cam to see The English lads thrawn doon.
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin
Nevertheless, he was still the borderer, still the man of the open.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
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