frontiersman
noun/ˈfrʌntɪəzmən/
/frʌnˈtɪrzmən/
(plural frontiersmen
/ˈfrʌntɪəzmən/
/frʌnˈtɪrzmən/
)- a man living on the frontier especially one who lived in the western US during the 19th centuryCultureIn America, such people moved west in the 18th and 19th centuries and helped to increase the size of the United States. Famous frontiersmen include Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill.
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