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frontager|ˈfrʌntɪdʒə(r)|
[f. frontage n. + -er1.]
1. An owner of land or property adjoining:
a. the sea-shore.
1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 25 The Frontagers have claimed those grounds so left, by a pretended Custome of Frontagers. 1866Pall Mall G. 4 Dec., The free use and enjoyment of the sea-shore..giving to the frontager..such a title as may not be inconsistent with those rights. 1885Law Rep. 14 Q. Bench Div. 570 The liability of a frontager to repair a sea-wall..can only be ascertained by usage.
b. a roadway.
1739Bewholm Inclos. Act 6 Messuagers, cottagers and frontagers. 1880Ld. Thesiger in Law Rep. Exch. Div. V. 206 Several frontagers called upon to pay the expenses of paving a street. 1890Sat. Rev. 10 May 559/2 Mr. Forbes would willingly carry a new line along the proposed route..with the permission of the frontagers and owners.
2. One who lives on a frontier. rare—1.
1893S. L. Poole Auranzeb vi. 115 Mir Junda's disastrous campaign in Assam was typical of many attempts to subdue the North-east frontagers of India. |