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frontiersmen

frontiersmen is the plural of frontiersman.

Meaning of frontiersman

Noun

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.
    • The inhabitant's of England's North American colonies outnumbered French Canadians some ten to one, but the French were tough, fur-trapping frontiersmen who posed a considerable military threat.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, pages 136–7

Questions about frontiersmen

What is frontiersmen the plural of?
Frontiersmen is the plural of frontiersman.

Words near frontiersmen in the dictionary

  1. frontierman
  2. frontiermen
  3. frontiers
  4. frontiersman
  5. frontiersmanship
  6. frontiersmen
  7. frontierspeople
  8. frontiersperson
  9. frontierspersons
  10. frontierswoman
  11. frontierswomen

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