frontiersman
[ fruhn-teerz-muhn, fron- or, especially British, fruhn-teerz- ]
/ frʌnˈtɪərz mən, frɒn- or, especially 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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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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