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frontiersmen

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fron⋅tiers⋅man

[fruhn-teerz-muhn, fron- or, especially Brit., fruhn-teerz-]
–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.
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