a person who lives in a border area, esp the border between England and Scotland
borderer in American English
(ˈbɔrdərər)
noun
a person living near a border
borderer in American English
(ˈbɔrdərər)
noun
a person who dwells on or near the border of a country, region, etc.
Word origin
[1485–95; border + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1485–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: average, elemental, invade, performance, sweepstakes-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)