frontiersmanship

noun

The craft or skill of being a frontiersman, of succeeding in settling a frontier.

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English frontiersman →
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Meanings

nounfrontiersmanship (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe craft or skill of being a frontiersman, of succeeding in settling a frontier.

Origin

  1. Englishfrontiersman
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. Englishfrontiersmanship

From frontiersman + -ship.

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Translations

Portuguese bandeirismo, bandeirantismo
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APA

frontiersmanship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontiersmanship

MLA

“frontiersmanship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontiersmanship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frontiersmanship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontiersmanship.

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