as in pioneer
a person who settles in a new region
the frontiersmen were willing to brave harsh living conditions in order to achieve a better life
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Recent Examples of frontiersman
Even legendary American frontiersman Daniel Boone claimed to have seen a giant raptor on the Tennessee River, according to the TSLA’s Tennessee Myths and Legends.
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Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
30 Oct. 2025
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.
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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.
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
14 July 2025
Berea is also home to the historic Boone Tavern, a charming hotel and restaurant owned by Berea College that dates back to the early 20th century and is named for Appalachian pioneer and frontiersman Daniel Boone.
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Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
30 Oct. 2025
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
Berea is also home to the historic Boone Tavern, a charming hotel and restaurant owned by Berea College that dates back to the early 20th century and is named for Appalachian pioneer and frontiersman Daniel Boone.
—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frontiersman
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As a kid, Grant was an Eagle scout, and essentially built a historical trail after discovering pioneer grave sites.
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The pioneer of the world’s largest Bitcoin asset treasury attended the president’s first crypto summit at the White House in March 2025.
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But that friendship was betrayed as settlers dried up the Gila with upstream dams and diversions.
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Some people, including descendents of long-ago English, Welsh and Scotch-Irish settlers, now identify themselves simply as American.
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And the war that was fought in the backcountry would serve as a catalyst for the Revolutionary War when the British king decided to help pay down war debt by taxing the colonists.
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English colonists from Barbados and Bermuda settled in the region during that time, bringing with them enslaved Africans with their own abundant culinary heritage.
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“Frontiersman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontiersman. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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