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frontiersman

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fron⋅tiers⋅man

  [fruhn-teerz-muhn, fron- or, especially Brit., fruhn-teerz-]
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–noun, plural -men.
a person, esp. a man, who lives on the frontier, esp. in sparsely settled regions.
Origin:
1775–85, Americanism; frontiers + -man
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fron·tiers·man   (frŭn-tîrz'mən, frŏn-)   
n.  A man who lives on the frontier.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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