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Vinony

frontiersman

noun

  1. person who lives on the frontier
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From frontiers + man.

  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.”