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frontiersman

Pronunciation:  frun'teerzmun

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 Definition: [n]  a man who lives on the frontier
 
 Synonyms: backwoodsman, mountain man
 
 See Also: Boone, Carson, Christopher Carson, Crockett, Daniel Boone, David Crockett, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, pioneer

 

 

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 Related Terms: ancestor, announcer, antecedent, avant-garde, backwoodsman, bellwether, briar-hopper, brush ape, buccinator, bushman, bushwhacker, clam digger, cracker, desert rat, explorer, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, forester, front runner, fugleman, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald, hillbilly, hinterlander, innovator, lead runner, leader, messenger, mountain man, mountaineer, pathfinder, piny, pioneer, point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, redneck, ridge runner, scout, stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker, vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker, woodlander, woodman, woodsman
 

 

 

 

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