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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The Big Event was how NBC branded its Sunday night movie at the time; Kit Carson and the Mountain Men told a story about the frontiersman, starring Christopher Connelly and The Brady Bunch’s Robert Reed.
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025
The frontiersmen like [Jim] Bridger give way to ideologues like Brigham Young, who were able to marshal the many.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
In his office, Berg used an ice axe to pitch Smith on a collaboration, which would eventually follow a fictional frontiersman and mother-son duo navigating the Westward expansion.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
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Leonardo DiCaprio nabbed his first Oscar as frontiersman Hugh Glass in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant.
—Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025
The frontiersmen like [Jim] Bridger give way to ideologues like Brigham Young, who were able to marshal the many.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
In his office, Berg used an ice axe to pitch Smith on a collaboration, which would eventually follow a fictional frontiersman and mother-son duo navigating the Westward expansion.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
Get Into the Holiday Spirit by Watching Mariah Carey Bake Christmas Cookies
Leonardo DiCaprio nabbed his first Oscar as frontiersman Hugh Glass in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant.
—Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frontiersman
Noun
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Chun made his fortune as a crypto pioneer, co-founding F2Pool, once the world's largest bitcoin mining company.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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As a pioneer in the space, Thompson feels the weight of representation.—
Tira Urquhart,
Essence,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Four settlers then kick and beat him before running away.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2025
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Unfortunately, one of its directors, Hamdan Ballal, reportedly was attacked by a group of the same Israeli settlers shown in the film about the West Bank destruction of homes by Israeli soldiers.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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In 1776, when King George tried to seize illegitimate control over the colonists by taxing them without their consent, the citizenry launched the American Revolutionary War.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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French colonists established Fort Rosalie near present-day Natchez, Mississippi, in 1716 as a trading post and seat of government.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Nov. 2024
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“Frontiersman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontiersman. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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