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 Southern plantation owners and western frontiersmen, including President Andrew Jackson, saw the establishment of a national museum as an unnecessary assertion of federal power. Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025 Whether idealizing the rugged frontiersman or the daring entrepreneur, Americans take pride in the idea of forging their own paths. Sunita Sah, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025 Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant More than two decades after his first Oscar nomination, Leonardo DiCaprio took home the award for Best Actor for his role as frontiersman Hugh Glass in The Revenant in 2016. Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025 The Big Event was how NBC branded its Sunday night movie at the time; Kit Carson and the Mountain Men told a story about the frontiersman, starring Christopher Connelly and The Brady Bunch’s Robert Reed. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frontiersman
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Noun
  • William Arruda is a keynote speaker, author, and personal branding pioneer.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Tech pioneers like Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos suggest space may be the next place to look.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The promise is not to sanction a handful of settlers, symbolically recognize a Palestinian state, or even to merely restrict arms sales, but to vote for an end to any US support whatsoever if there is no change.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This broad public support for pumas could spur state wildlife agencies to explore the idea of restoring pumas in states along the East Coast where the animals were driven out decades ago by settlers, ranchers, farmers and government officials.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Their pacifism later brings them in direct conflict with the colonists gearing up to fight the British.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The over-the-top propaganda that leads the game off suggests the Earth Directorate is here to protect colonists from out-of-control corporations and tyrannical governments.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Frontiersman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontiersman. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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