frontiersman

noun

fron·​tiers·​man ˌfrən-ˈtirz-mən How to pronounce frontiersman (audio)
frän-
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: a person who lives or works on a frontier

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the frontiersmen were willing to brave harsh living conditions in order to achieve a better life
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Inspired by real events, the film tells the story of a frontiersman in the 1800s who is left for dead and must survive a brutal winter in the wilderness before returning to avenge his son’s death. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026 Summer 2026 will be full of vampires, dragons, frontiersmen, superheroes and President Barack Obama. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 1 June 2026 As the story goes, Ben Sublett was an itinerant frontiersman who worked for a westward-expanding railroad in the early 1880s, somewhere out in Apache country. — Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025 The idea is that several representative American families will give up all their modern-day comforts and experience a summer exactly like an 1880s American frontiersman. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for frontiersman

Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of frontiersman was in 1586

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frontiersman

noun
fron·​tiers·​man ˌfrən-ˈti(ə)rz-mən How to pronounce frontiersman (audio)
frän-
: a person living on the frontier

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