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



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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