frontiersman

[fruhn-teerz-muhn, fron-, fruhn-teerz-]

noun

plural

frontiersmen 

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

frontiersman

/ frʌnˈtɪəz-, ˈfrʌntɪəzmən /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of frontiersman¹

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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