frontierswoman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Despite her deceptively frail appearance, she maintained the stance of a frontierswoman shaped by the extreme circumstances of her native state.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021
When a frontierswoman in the 19th-century wilderness begins to sense a sinister presence, her dread is dismissed by her husband.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2020
There is Nora, a resolute frontierswoman whose husband has left their home on the Arizona Territory to search for water.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2019
Jody looked like a Barbie doll, but her hair was brown and her clothes were those of a prim 19th-century frontierswoman.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2016
She now rapidly was becoming a good frontierswoman and thoughtful of her locomotive power.
From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson
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