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frontier
/fɹʌnˈtɪɹ/
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What does frontier mean?
noun
- The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
- The most advanced or recent version of something; the leading edge.
verb
- To live as pioneers on frontier territory.
More meanings (8)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Woodbridge Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota, located on the Canadian border.
- A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A rural municipality on the US border in south-west Saskatchewan, which includes the village; in full, the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19.
noun
- (obsolete) An outwork of a fortification.
verb
- (obsolete) To place on the frontier.
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IPA pronunciation
/fɹʌnˈtɪɹ/
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See this word in context.
“These are the guards on the frontier, enforcing the revenue laws. That man was killed to protect the revenues of the State.”
Yet this Guide, extensively added to and revised, is mainly concerned, apart from the land and its native life, with frontier backgrounds.
More book examples (3)
Previous to the Revolution, and ever since the peace, there has been a constant necessity for keeping small garrisons on our Western frontier.
References to other situations may also be included that are border or frontier relevant, such as resource disputes, geopolitical questions, or irredentist issues.
She had the air of a woman who has stepped across the frontier of friendship and, looking around her, finds the region vast.