FRONTIERSMAN

frontiersman, backwoodsman, mountain man

(noun) a man who lives on the frontier

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

frontiersman (plural frontiersmen)

A person who lives on the borders of a country, or in a wild and undeveloped area on the fringes of civilization.

Source: Wiktionary


Fron"tiers*man, n.; pl. Frontiersmen.

Definition: A man living on the frontier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CLEAN

(adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; “he landed a clean left on his opponent’s cheek”; “a clean throw”; “the neat exactness of the surgeon’s knife”


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