frontier

Pronunciation:		frun'teer
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Matching Terms:		frontier settlement, frontier(a), frontiered, frontiersman, frontierswoman
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science" [n] an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary [n] a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"

	See Also:	bailiwick, bound, boundary, bounds, branch of knowledge, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field, wild, wilderness

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Fron"tier\, n. [F. fronti[`e]re, LL. frontaria. See {Front}.] 1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization. 2. (Fort.) An outwork. [Obs.] Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. --Shak. \Fron"tier\, a. 1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town. 2. Of or relating to a frontier. ``Frontier experience.'' --W. Irving. \Fron"tier\, v. i. To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.

Thesaurus Terms

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