fron|tiers|man

fron|tiers|man
fron|tiers|man «fruhn TIHRZ muhn», noun, plural -men.
a man who lives on the frontier: »

As the frontiersmen pushed west into the new land, Baptist preachers were never far behind them (Time).


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  • fron·tiers·man — /ˌfrʌnˈtiɚzmən, Brit ˈfrʌntıəzmən/ noun, pl men / mən/ [count] : a person (especially a man) who lives on the frontier (sense 2) …   Useful english dictionary

  • tiers — fron·tiers·man; tiers; tiers·man; …   English syllables

  • fron — af·fron·té; con·fron·ta·tion; ef·fron·tery; fron·del·ite; fron·dent; fron·des·cence; fron·deur; fron·dif·er·ous; fron·dose; fron·ta·lis; fron·tal·i·ty; fron·tiers·man; fron·tis; fron·to·genesis; fron·to occipital; fron·to·parietal;… …   English syllables

  • frontiersman — fron·tiers·man …   English syllables

  • frontiersman — fron|tiers|man [ frʌn tırzmən ] (plural fron|tiers|men [ frʌn tırzmən ] ) noun count a man who lived on the western frontier of the U.S. in the past …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • frontiersman — fron|tiers|man [ˈfrʌntıəzmən US frʌnˈtırz ] n plural frontiersmen [ mən] a man who lived on the American frontier, especially in the 19th century …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • frontiersman — fron•tiers•man [[t]frʌnˈtɪərz mən, frɒn [/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈfrʌn tɪərz [/t]] n. pl. men a person who lives on a frontier • Etymology: 1775–85, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • Frontiersman — Fron tiers*man, n.; pl. {Frontiersmen}. A man living on the frontier …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Frontiersmen — Frontiersman Fron tiers*man, n.; pl. {Frontiersmen}. A man living on the frontier …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nathaniel Hitch — Nationality English Field Sculpture Training Was sent by Farmer and Brindley to evening classes at Borough Polytechnic before setting out as a journeyman sculptor …   Wikipedia

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