frontiersman
frontiersman · frontiersmen
A person who lives on the borders of a country, or in a wild and undeveloped area on…A person who lives on the borders of a country, or in a wild and undeveloped area on the fringes of civilization.
Meaning
1 sensesA person who lives on the borders of a country, or in a wild and undeveloped area on the fringes of civilization.
a man who lives on the frontier
Origin
From frontiers + man.From frontiers + man.
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Forms
plural: frontiersmen| Singular | frontiersman |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a man who lives on the frontier:backwoodsmanmountain man
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedfrontiersmanship
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular