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Webster 1913 Edition
Frontier
1.
That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country;
as, the
. frontier
of civilization2.
(Fort.)
An outwork.
[Obs.]
Palisadoes,
frontiers
, parapets. Shakespeare
Fron′tier
,Adj.
1.
Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous;
as, a
. frontier
town2.
Of or relating to a frontier.
“Frontier experience.” W. Irving.
Fron′tier
,Verb.
I.
To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; – with on.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Temple.
Webster 1828 Edition
Frontier
FRONTIE'R
,Noun.
The marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; that is, the part furthest advanced, or the part that fronts an enemy, or which an invading enemy meets in front, or which fronts another country.
FRONTIE'R
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Frontier
Frontier
See also: frontier
English
Proper noun
Frontier
- An unincorporated community in Minnesota.
- A city in North Dakota.
- A village in Saskatchewan.
frontier
frontier
See also: Frontier
English
Noun
frontier (plural frontiers)
- The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region
- 1979, Richard Elphic and Hermann Guilomee (editors), The shaping of South African Society, 1652 - 1820, page 297:
- Unlike a boundary, which evokes the image of a line on a map and demarcates spheres of political control, the frontier is an area where colonisation is taking place....no authority is recognised as legitimate by all parties or is able to excersise undisputed control over the area.
- 1979, Richard Elphic and Hermann Guilomee (editors), The shaping of South African Society, 1652 - 1820, page 297:
- The most advanced or recent version of something; leading edge.
- the frontier of civilization
- (obsolete) An outwork of a fortification.
- Shakespeare
- Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets.
- Shakespeare
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
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Adjective
frontier
- Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous.
- a frontier town