frontiersman

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

noun, plural fron·tiers·men.

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

Origin of frontiersman

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

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Related Words for frontiersmen

mountaineer, backwoodsman, frontiersman

Examples from the Web for frontiersmen

Historical Examples of frontiersmen

There is a time for all things, even for the elemental talk of frontiersmen on a holiday.
The Highgrader
William MacLeod Raine
Protection of the frontiersmen from the Indians, by means of the army.
The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin
Frederick Jackson Turner
His influence among the frontiersmen was unbounded; his word was law.
The Story of the Outlaw
Emerson Hough
I estimated our army at eleven hundred and I thanked God they were all frontiersmen.
A Virginia Scout
Hugh Pendexter
The truth is, my father was an object of suspicion to the frontiersmen.
The Crossing
Winston Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for frontiersmen

frontiersman

noun plural -men

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

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