as in pioneer
a person who settles in a new region
the frontiersmen were willing to brave harsh living conditions in order to achieve a better life
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An experienced frontiersman, York knew how to forage for edible plants and hunt wild game.
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Amanda Bellows, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024
Horizon, a multi-part story with Chapter 1 hitting theaters June 28 and Chapter 2 to follow Aug 16, features Wilson as one of many actors playing the frontiersmen circa the American Civil War who undertook the expansion and settlement of the West.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
These frontiersmen knew how to hunt in these forests, what gear to carry, how to create quick shelter.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Kentucky state flag The frontiersman and statesman in the seal represent the people of Kentucky: country and city inhabitants of 1792, when the state was joined the Union.
—Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
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Amanda Bellows, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024
Horizon, a multi-part story with Chapter 1 hitting theaters June 28 and Chapter 2 to follow Aug 16, features Wilson as one of many actors playing the frontiersmen circa the American Civil War who undertook the expansion and settlement of the West.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
These frontiersmen knew how to hunt in these forests, what gear to carry, how to create quick shelter.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Kentucky state flag The frontiersman and statesman in the seal represent the people of Kentucky: country and city inhabitants of 1792, when the state was joined the Union.
—Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frontiersman
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Gaylord Wilshire, as he was called, is better remembered today as a real estate developer and pioneer of billboard advertising.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
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Initiatives like Tokyo’s showcase how cities can shift from being major polluters to pioneers of green energy and resilience.Marianne Lehnis, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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The connection between faith and gratitude The concept of gratitude is intertwined with faith, according to Rabbi Pinchas Taylor of Florida, who spoke about the early settlers expressing both sentiments.Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Driving the news: The Shin Bet security agency has been using administrative detention in order not to expose its sensitive intelligence sources inside extremist Jewish settler groups.Barak Ravid, Axios, 23 Nov. 2024
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The first colonists would encounter a barren landscape without water or breathable atmosphere, bathed in deadly solar and galactic radiation from which Earthbound humans are protected by our planet’s atmosphere and magnetic field.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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The birds have strutted the streets for hundreds of years, arriving in the 1600s with some of the earliest European colonists, according to the New York Public Library.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Frontiersman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontiersman. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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