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frontiers

frontiers is the plural of frontier.

Meaning of frontier

Noun

frontier (plural frontiers)

  1. The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
    • the frontier of civilization
  2. The most advanced or recent version of something; the leading edge.
    • Near-synonyms: vanguard, state of the art
  3. (obsolete) An outwork of a fortification.
    • thou hast talk'd. Of sallies and retires, of trenches, tents,
      Of palisadoes, frontiers, parapetsc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about frontiers

What is frontiers the plural of?
Frontiers is the plural of frontier.

Words near frontiers in the dictionary

  1. frontierless
  2. frontierlessness
  3. frontierlike
  4. frontierman
  5. frontiermen
  6. frontiers
  7. frontiersman
  8. frontiersmanship
  9. frontiersmen
  10. frontierspeople
  11. frontiersperson

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