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 • Sep. 28, 2025

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 • May 8, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023

In 2016, he finally won an Oscar, after four previous nominations, for his performance as a vengeance-hungry frontiersman in “The Revenant.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

The tradition of the tough and versatile frontiersman is true but not exclusive.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck