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frontiersman

[ fruhn-teerz-muhn, fron-or, especially British, fruhn-teerz- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural fron·tiers·men.

a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.

frontiersman

/ frʌnˈtɪəz-; ˈfrʌntɪəzmən /

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

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; frontier ( def ) + 's ¹ + -man

Now Wang is enjoying a third act, this time as a new-media frontiersman.

In their company Jack Kilmeny was frankly a Western frontiersman.

The new sentry's zeal, joined with an ex-frontiersman's aim, was fatal.

Jim Beckwourth was our guide—a life-long frontiersman, an old man “beated and chopped with tanned antiquity.”

For the stratum of frontiersman and barbarian—not to say savage—lies just below the surface in us all, and a scratch exposes it.

Wayne was the son of a Pennsylvania frontiersman and came honestly by his aptitude for Indian fighting.

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