Meanings
nounfrontiersman (plural frontiersmen)
plural frontiersmen
- A person who lives on the borders of a country, or in a wild and undeveloped area on the fringes of civilization.
The inhabitant's of England's North American colonies outnumbered French Canadians some ten to one, but the French were tough, fur-trapping frontiersmen who posed a considerable military threat.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, pages 136–7
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frontiersman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontiersman
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