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frontierswoman

/ ˈfrʌntɪəzwʊmən; frʌnˈtɪəz- /

noun

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


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In her TLC series on Alaska, we see Sarah the frontierswoman hunting, skeet-shooting, and beating a captured halibut to death.

She now rapidly was becoming a good frontierswoman and thoughtful of her locomotive power.

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