borderer

American  

[bawr-der-er] / ˈbɔr dər ər /

noun

1. a person who dwells on or near the border of a country, region, etc.

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borderer British  

/ ˈbɔːdərə /

noun

1. a person who lives in a border area, esp the border between England and Scotland

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Etymology

Origin of borderer

First recorded in 1485–95; border + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Occasionally at a clearing, where some hardy borderer was scratching a living from the half-cleared soil, he would stop long enough to eat.

From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by Foster, W. Bertram

This distinguished borderer was born in Augusta county, Virginia.

From Heroes and Hunters of the West Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnson, &c. by Frost, John

Each felt that he had glimpsed something of this man's past; felt, too, that he who now was a bloody-handed borderer had once been a caballero, moving in a much higher circle.

From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)

An old free borderer, Ephraim Yeates by name, brought me the tale.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

But the young borderer avoided the lover’s gaze, as he did not desire to enter into a controversy which calmer moments would make appear ridiculous.

From Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind by Harbaugh, Thomas Chalmers