frontierswoman

/ (ˈfrʌntɪəzwʊmən, frʌnˈtɪəz-) /


nounplural -women
  1. (formerly) a woman living on a frontier, esp in a newly pioneered territory of the US

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How to use frontierswoman in a sentence

  • In her TLC series on Alaska, we see Sarah the frontierswoman hunting, skeet-shooting, and beating a captured halibut to death.

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  • She now rapidly was becoming a good frontierswoman and thoughtful of her locomotive power.

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