frontiersman
noun
fron·tiers·man
ˌfrən-ˈtirz-mən 
frän-
: a person who lives or works on a frontier
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the frontiersmen were willing to brave harsh living conditions in order to achieve a better life
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Inspired by real events, the film tells the story of a frontiersman in the 1800s who is left for dead and must survive a brutal winter in the wilderness before returning to avenge his son’s death.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Even legendary American frontiersman Daniel Boone claimed to have seen a giant raptor on the Tennessee River, according to the TSLA’s Tennessee Myths and Legends.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
As the story goes, Ben Sublett was an itinerant frontiersman who worked for a westward-expanding railroad in the early 1880s, somewhere out in Apache country.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Directed by Birdman Oscar-winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant is a brutal tale of survival, in which an 1820s frontiersman endures in quick succession a Native American ambush, a bear attack, and a betrayal by one of his companions (Tom Hardy) who leaves him for dead.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Even legendary American frontiersman Daniel Boone claimed to have seen a giant raptor on the Tennessee River, according to the TSLA’s Tennessee Myths and Legends.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
As the story goes, Ben Sublett was an itinerant frontiersman who worked for a westward-expanding railroad in the early 1880s, somewhere out in Apache country.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Directed by Birdman Oscar-winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant is a brutal tale of survival, in which an 1820s frontiersman endures in quick succession a Native American ambush, a bear attack, and a betrayal by one of his companions (Tom Hardy) who leaves him for dead.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Frontiersman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frontiersman. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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frontiersman
noun
fron·tiers·man
ˌfrən-ˈti(ə)rz-mən
frän-
: a person living on the frontier
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