man who lives on the frontier
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Frontiersman Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Noun
1. a man who lives on the frontier
(synonym) backwoodsman, mountain man
(hypernym) pioneer
(hyponym) Boone, Daniel Boone
Frontiersman Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A frontier is a political and geographical term referring to areas near or beyond a boundary. It was absorbed into English from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts on another country (see also marches).
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