frontiersman

noun

ˌfrən-ˈtirz-mən How to pronounce frontiersman (audio)
Definition of frontiersmannext
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 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 The frontiersman proved unable to muster sufficient recruits for an expedition, but Jefferson never dropped the idea. — Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024 His presence in the community provided frontiersmen with access to one of the strongest drinks on the frontier. — Susan Cheever, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016 See All Example Sentences for frontiersman
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  1. pioneer
  2. settler
  3. colonist
Noun
  • The menu lists 10 varieties of premium cuts, ranging from Japanese A5 wagyu striploin to bavette from Snake River Farms, known as pioneers of American wagyu.
    — Spencer Whaley, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Look for clinics that pioneer advancements rather than simply follow trends.
    — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of pioneer
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  • Archaeological finds of sturgeon remains support that early colonial settlers in North America, notably those who established Jamestown in the Chesapeake Bay area in 1607, also prized these fish.
    — Logan Kistler, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
  • And far from reining Israel in, Trump has floated relocating Gaza’s population, abolished Biden’s sanctions regime targeting violent Israeli settlers, and sanctioned the International Criminal Court over its prosecution of Israel.
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of settler
Noun
  • But there is no question that the document drafted by the victorious colonists to formally end the war, the Treaty of Hartford of 1638, directed that surviving Pequots be sold into slavery and stripped of their lands, history and tribal name.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Nova Scotia’s Black population is the oldest in the country, tracing back four centuries since the arrival of French colonists in the 1600s.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of colonist

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