FRONTIERED

Etymology

Adjective

frontiered (not comparable)

Placed on the frontiers.

Source: Wiktionary


Fron"tiered, p. a.

Definition: Placed on the frontiers. [R.]

FRONTIER

Fron"tier, n. Etym: [F. frontière, LL. frontaria. See Front.]

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 civilization.

2. (Fort.)

Definition: An outwork. [Obs.] Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. Shak.

Fron"tier, a.

1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.

2. Of or relating to a frontier. "Frontier experience." W. Irving.

Fron"tier, v. i.

Definition: To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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