0 a person who lives on the border between cultivated land (= land used to grow crops) and wild land, especially in the past in the US: --
They were popular with mountain men and other frontiersmen for their warmth and durability.
He grew up a frontiersman, and became particularly adept at hunting, trapping, and fishing.
The canal not only brought goods to the village; it brought passengers, both immigrants and frontiersmen.
There's the gunfighter, frontiersman, classic cowboy and duelist - each with its own specifications.
Meanwhile, the missing seats were found in the shack of a local frontiersman where they were being used as chairs.
The entire population of the military frontier, particularly the so-called frontiersmen, had the duty to protect this area of permanent unrest and terrible destruction.
Far from being a mob, the frontiersmen had decades of experience in military organization and discipline.
The story concludes with her acceptance that her daughter will marry a frontiersman and go west to even wilder country.
