"frontiersman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: frontiersmen [plural]
Etymology: From frontiers + man. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|frontier|man|alt1=frontiers}} frontiers + man Head templates: {{en-noun|frontiersmen}} frontiersman (plural frontiersmen)
  1. A person who lives on the borders of a country, or in a wild and undeveloped area on the fringes of civilization. Categories (topical): People Coordinate_terms: backwoodsman, hillbilly, mountain man, woodsman
    Sense id: en-frontiersman-en-noun-zDg3pyn8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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