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frontierswoman

British  
/ ˈfrʌntɪəzwʊmən, frʌnˈtɪəz- /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Brimstone In the old West, a preacher pursues a frontierswoman on the run for a crime she did not commit.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 16, 2017

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

Corral’ Ann Kirschner tells the story of Josephine Marcus, for nearly 50 years Wyatt Earp’s common-law wife and a valiant frontierswoman in her own right.

From New York Times May 31, 2013

Eliza Striker, hardy frontierswoman though she was, put her fingers to her ears and shrank away from the stove,—for she had been taught that all metal "drew lightning."

From Viola Gwyn by McCutcheon, George Barr

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