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fron⋅tier

  [fruhn-teer, fron-; also, especially Brit., fruhn-teer]
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–noun
1. the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
2. the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited regions.
3. Often, frontiers.
a. the limit of knowledge or the most advanced achievement in a particular field: the frontiers of physics.
b. an outer limit in a field of endeavor, esp. one in which the opportunities for research and development have not been exploited: the frontiers of space exploration.
4. Mathematics. boundary (def. 2).
–adjective
5. of, pertaining to, or located on the frontier: a frontier town.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME frounter < OF frontier, equiv. to front (in the sense of opposite side; see front ) + -ier -ier 2

Related forms:
fron⋅tier⋅less, adjective
fron⋅tier⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See boundary.
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Word Origin & History

frontier 
c.1400, from O.Fr. fronter, from front "brow" (see front). Originally the front line of an army, sense of "borderland" is first attested 1413. In reference to N.Amer., from 1676; later with a specific sense:
"What is the frontier? ... In the census reports it is treated as the margin of that settlement which has a density of two or more to the square mile." [F.J. Turner, "The Frontier in American History"]
Frontiersman is from 1782.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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