frontiersman
a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
Origin of frontiersman
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How to use frontiersman in a sentence
There is a time for all things, even for the elemental talk of frontiersmen on a holiday.
The Highgrader | William MacLeod RaineThe frontiersmen were in no humor to sit still and wait for the Indians to scalp them at their plows or burn them in their beds.
Four American Indians | Edson L. WhitneyThe people have something, at least, in common with the great American westward migrations and frontiersmen of a far later date.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerBut after Clark's victories on the Mississippi and the Wabash, the frontiersmen grew bolder.
The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin OggAn aide led us to his headquarters, a small square log-house such as frontiersmen build for themselves.
In Hostile Red | Joseph Altsheler
British Dictionary definitions for frontiersman
/ (ˈfrʌntɪəzmən, frʌnˈtɪəz-) /
(formerly) a man living on a frontier, esp in a newly pioneered territory of the US
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