frontiersman

[ fruhn-teerz-muh n, fron- or, esp. British, fruhn-teerz- ]

/ frʌnˈtɪərz mən, frɒn- or, esp. British, ˈfrʌn tɪərz- /

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noun, plural fron·tiers·men.

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

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Nearby words

frontenac et palluau, frontenis, fronter, frontier, frontier orbital, frontiersman, frontierswoman, frontis, frontispiece, frontlash, frontless

Origin of frontiersman

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; frontier + 's¹ + -man

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Examples from the Web for frontiersman

The legendary self-reliance of the frontiersman is not without some basis in fact.
The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784|George D. Wolf
In their company Jack Kilmeny was frankly a Western frontiersman.
The Highgrader|William MacLeod Raine
Because he was a frontiersman he tended to be at once democratic in temper and despotic in action.
A History of the United States|Cecil Chesterton
The mission called for a person of unusual capacity; a diplomat, a soldier and a frontiersman.
Colonel Washington|Archer Butler Hulbert

Frontiersman, American: outline of his westward progress, 87.
The Way to the West|Emerson Hough

British Dictionary definitions for frontiersman

frontiersman

/ (ˈfrʌntɪəzmən, frʌnˈtɪəz-) /

noun plural -men

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

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