Frontiersman
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noun.
A man who lives on the frontier.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
One who settles on the frontier or borders of a country, or beyond the limits of a settled or civilized region.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A man living on the frontier.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A person who lives on the borders of a country, or in a
wild
and
undeveloped
area on the fringes of
civilization
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a man who lives on the frontier
Word Usage
"The frontiersman was a trial-and-error empiricist, who believed in his own ability to fathom the depths of the problems which plagued him."
cross-reference
backwoodsman
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
pioneer
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
Boone
Carson
Crockett
christopher carson
daniel boone
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Irishman
adventurer
backwoodsman
buccaneer
diplomatist
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
ancestor
announcer
antecedent
avant-garde
backwoodsman