frontiersman

[ fruhn-teerz-muh n, fron- or, esp. British, fruhn-teerz- ]

/ frʌnˈtɪərz mən, frɒn- or, esp. British, ˈfrʌn tɪərz- /

a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.

Origin of frontiersman

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; frontier + 's¹ + -man

The legendary self-reliance of the frontiersman is not without some basis in fact.

The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 |George D. Wolf
In their company Jack Kilmeny was frankly a Western frontiersman.

The Highgrader |William MacLeod Raine
Because he was a frontiersman he tended to be at once democratic in temper and despotic in action.

A History of the United States |Cecil Chesterton
The mission called for a person of unusual capacity; a diplomat, a soldier and a frontiersman.

Colonel Washington |Archer Butler Hulbert

Frontiersman, American: outline of his westward progress, 87.

The Way to the West |Emerson Hough

frontiersman

/ (ˈfrʌntɪəzmən, frʌnˈtɪəz-) /

(formerly) a man living on a frontier, esp in a newly pioneered territory of the US