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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Cowboys and frontiersmen adopted the embellishment from American Indian tribes, which cut tassels into suede buckskins or deer hides to keep warm and to camouflage them in the wild.
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Ari Stark, WWD, 3 July 2024
Ever since, media, politicians, sports groups and major industries have helped fuel fan fervor and promoted hockey as integral to Canada’s rugged frontiersman character.
—Cody Musselman, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
An experienced frontiersman, York knew how to forage for edible plants and hunt wild game.
—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
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Ari Stark, WWD, 3 July 2024
Ever since, media, politicians, sports groups and major industries have helped fuel fan fervor and promoted hockey as integral to Canada’s rugged frontiersman character.
—Cody Musselman, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
An experienced frontiersman, York knew how to forage for edible plants and hunt wild game.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frontiersman
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Claressa Shields and Laila Ali, women’s boxing pioneer and the daughter of Muhammad Ali, used to be close.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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That gave Sammet the opportunity to work with computing pioneer Grace Hopper on the UNIVAC I, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer manufactured in the United States.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2024
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Her family's land was seized by Israeli settlers at the end of July.Britt Clennett, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Huckabee has advocated for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967, and has backed Israeli settlers in the territory.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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But white colonists’ aversion to arming enslaved people prevented many Black Americans from joining the Patriot cause.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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The colonists pleged to remain loyal to Bavaria and the German language and their traditons.Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Frontiersman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontiersman. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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