frontiermanfrontiersmann.

Etymology: < frontier n. + man n.¹; for the second form compare draughtsman, tradesman.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfrontierman.

Chiefly U.S.

1. One who lives on the frontier of a country, or on the outlying districts of civilization. Legion of Frontiersmen, an organization intended to enrol for irregular service men with colonial or frontier experience.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > frontiersman or pioneer

dew-beatera1670

frontier1677

frontierman1782

pathfinder1840

frontager1893

old residenter1898

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > irregulars

tumultuary1654

watch1739

irregular1747

campoo1803

pioneer corps1845

harka1903

Legion of Frontiersmen1905

non-regular1909

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xii. 270 (heading) Distresses of a frontier man.

1813 Sporting Mag. 42 209 Somewhat in the manner of our frontier men's leggins.

1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. iv. 116 There seems to prevail a rage amongst the frontiers-men, for emigration to that quarter.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xx. 260 They were all, or nearly all, natives of the Mexican border—frontiers-men.

1877 W. Matthews Ethnogr. Hidatsa 22 The whites they had seen were mostly rude Canadian frontiersmen.

1883 B. Mitford Through Zulu Country iii. 45 A burly frontiersman..strides along in all the glory of wideawake and corduroy.

1905 Times 11 Apr. 8/1 A corporation to be called the ‘Legion of Frontiersmen’.

1906 Daily Chron. 21 May 7/1 Mr. Roger Pocock, founder and hon. secretary of the Legion of Frontiersmen.

1930 Times 8 Nov. 8/7 A movement has been set on foot for the formation of a Maritime Command of the Legion of Frontiersmen.

2. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1912 A. Conan Doyle Lost World ii. 24 I'm a frontiersman from the extreme edge of the Knowable.

1963 Guardian 13 Mar. 13/1 Thanks to these four men, and many another British literary frontiersman who has followed in their pioneering footsteps.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	frontierman
释义	frontiermanfrontiersmann. Etymology: < frontier n. + man n.¹; for the second form compare draughtsman, tradesman.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfrontierman. Chiefly U.S. 1. One who lives on the frontier of a country, or on the outlying districts of civilization. Legion of Frontiersmen, an organization intended to enrol for irregular service men with colonial or frontier experience. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > frontiersman or pioneer dew-beatera1670 frontier1677 frontierman1782 pathfinder1840 frontager1893 old residenter1898 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > irregulars tumultuary1654 watch1739 irregular1747 campoo1803 pioneer corps1845 harka1903 Legion of Frontiersmen1905 non-regular1909 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xii. 270 (heading) Distresses of a frontier man. 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 209 Somewhat in the manner of our frontier men's leggins. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. iv. 116 There seems to prevail a rage amongst the frontiers-men, for emigration to that quarter. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xx. 260 They were all, or nearly all, natives of the Mexican border—frontiers-men. 1877 W. Matthews Ethnogr. Hidatsa 22 The whites they had seen were mostly rude Canadian frontiersmen. 1883 B. Mitford Through Zulu Country iii. 45 A burly frontiersman..strides along in all the glory of wideawake and corduroy. 1905 Times 11 Apr. 8/1 A corporation to be called the ‘Legion of Frontiersmen’. 1906 Daily Chron. 21 May 7/1 Mr. Roger Pocock, founder and hon. secretary of the Legion of Frontiersmen. 1930 Times 8 Nov. 8/7 A movement has been set on foot for the formation of a Maritime Command of the Legion of Frontiersmen. 2. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1912 A. Conan Doyle Lost World ii. 24 I'm a frontiersman from the extreme edge of the Knowable. 1963 Guardian 13 Mar. 13/1 Thanks to these four men, and many another British literary frontiersman who has followed in their pioneering footsteps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1782
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