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frontiersman

noun

ˌfrən-ˈtirz-mən

Definition of frontiersman

as in pioneer

a person who settles in a new region the frontiersmen were willing to brave harsh living conditions in order to achieve a better life

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Recent Examples of frontiersman 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 The idea is that several representative American families will give up all their modern-day comforts and experience a summer exactly like an 1880s American frontiersman. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 July 2025 Berea is also home to the historic Boone Tavern, a charming hotel and restaurant owned by Berea College that dates back to the early 20th century and is named for Appalachian pioneer and frontiersman Daniel Boone. — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for frontiersman

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Zieha and Blue Bird were also described as pioneers for bringing organic, farm-to-table food to Kansas City at a time when this type of cuisine was entering the mainstream across the country.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Graham Hughes | Bloomberg | Getty Images Yoshua Bengio is a Canadian computer scientist, considered to be a central pioneer of modern deep learning.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of pioneer

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Afrikaners are descended from mainly Dutch and French colonial settlers who first came to South Africa in the 17th century.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Festival-goers will find more than dozens of booths, including a large children’s area, a historical exhibit documenting local Hispanic settlers, and a fine art exhibit.

— Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 15 Sep. 2026

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Japan regained sovereignty over the island in the 1970s, but the American military still has a heavy presence there, continuing tensions between locals and the armed colonists surrounding them.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Robert had made a bunch of money in the importing business and was a loyalist to the king; Mary, perhaps without her husband’s knowledge, supported the colonist rebels.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026

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