frontiern.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfrʌntɪə/, /frʌnˈtɪə/,

/ˈfrɒntɪə/, U.S.

/frənˈtɪ(ə)r/

Forms: Middle English frounter(e, -teere, -tier, -tor, fron-, frowntere, Middle English–1500s frontyer, Middle English–1600s fronter, 1500s frontour, 1500s–1600s frontire, 1500s– frontier. Also fronture n. (obsolete).

Etymology: < Old French frontier (masculine), frontiere (feminine) (modern French frontière ), < front front n. Compare Provençal fronteira forehead, Italian frontiera, Spanish frontera, Portuguese fronteira frontier.

A. n.

†1.

a. The front side; the forepart. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > [noun]

foremostc1275

headc1275

foreparty1398

forepartc1400

foresidec1400

devant1411

fronture1417

fore-endc1425

frontierc1430

forefront1488

forehead1525

frontc1540

vaunt1589

proscenium1648

frontside1697

van1726

fore-piece1788

façade1839

fore1888

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 16 Att ffrountor of thees welles clere, Ther whas a scripture commendyng ther lycour.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia i. sig. Gv^v The forefrontes or frontiers of the .ii. corners [of the haven]..be very..daungerous.

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 86 The fronter of the which Ward in the Entering is exceding stronge with Toures and Portecoleces.

†b. The side that fronts in a specified direction. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > side facing specific direction

frontier1598

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 95 The principal wife placeth her court on the West frontier.

†c. The forehead. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [noun]

foreheadc1000

frontc1290

brow1535

frontier1583

frontispiecea1625

forestam1790

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fii Their bolstred heir..standeth crested round about their frontiers.

†2. = frontlet n. 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > at front > over upper part

frontlet1536

frontier1618

superfrontal1847

1618 ( Inventory in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 182 Item syx alter towelles of lynnen cloth the first with a frounter pailed read white and black..the 5th with a frountier of burde Alisander.

†3. The front line or foremost part of an army. Hence ‘attack, resistance’ in to make frontier (tr. Old French faire frontière). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front

forerunnerseOE

vantward1297

formerward13..

forme-ward13..

vamward1338

fronta1375

pointa1382

frontier?a1400

vawarda1400

forayc1425

avantwardc1440

avant-garde1470

vanward1476

vantguard1485

vanguard1487

foreward1490

forefront1513

foremen1577

forefight?1611

vaunta1616

van1633

first line1663

front line1677

firing line1859

?a1400 Morte Arth. 2898 Frykis one the frowntere welle a fyve hundreth.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy (1555) i. ix In the frounter [1513 frountell] many manly man With sharpe speres first together ran.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclv. 378 He sent them into Poicters to kepe the citie, and to make fronter there agaynst the frenchemen.

a. singular and plural. The part of a country which fronts or faces another country; the marches; the border or extremity conterminous with that of another.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun]

goalc1350

bounda1387

list1389

finea1400

frontier1413

enda1425

limit1439

buttal1449

headroom1462

band1470

mete?1473

buttinga1475

bounder1505

pale?a1525

butrelle1546

scantlet1547

limesa1552

divisec1575

meta1587

line1595

marginc1595

closure1597

Rubicon1613

bournea1616

boundary1626

boundure1634

verge1660

terminary1670

meta1838

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > of a region or territory

terma1382

frontier1413

rind1530

terminus?1605

barrier1709

bound-line1850

borderline1869

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > border district(s) > border(s)

frontier1413

limitationa1475

skirt1488

limity1523

rind1530

border1535

ambit1597

verges1680

county line1776

land-board1790

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit > a farthest limit

ultimo1622

solsticea1631

ultimuma1657

frontier1672–3

upshot1699

ultimatum1748

verge1796

edge1911

the frozen limit1916

1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxx. 80 To kepe the frounters of the reame fro perille of enemyes.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xxii. 215 The fronteres of Caleys.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 48 On y^e east partes and frontours of this his realm.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 129 Vpon another frontire lye the Spaniards.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xx. 157 After the two daies we drew neer unto the Heathens Frontiers.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 129. ¶8 A Country Church upon the Frontiers of Cornwall.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 126 It might be dangerous to weaken the defence of the frontier.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Calderon i. 64 He..received an order to join the army on the frontiers.

1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. ii. 84 He found a difficulty in defending his frontier towards Persia.

1956 E.-J. Finbert Israel 2 [Israel's] land frontiers are spread over 951 k. (591 miles).

1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 306 A U.N. observer would be sent to the Yemen-Saudi frontier.

figurative and in extended use.1672–3 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 39 Those Churches which are seated nearer upon the Frontire of Popery.1738 Tom King's, or Humours Cov. Garden 3 A spacious Plain..Whose large Frontiers with Pallisados bound From Trivia's Filth inshrines the hallow'd Ground.1768 W. Wilkie Rake & Hermit 65 Faith in the utmost frontier stands.1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxvii. 350 Along this portion of their frontier, the Upper Silurian Rocks [etc.].1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 150 A few seditious persons..had gone very near to the frontier of treason.1870 F. M. Müller Sci. Relig. (1873) 391 Even in this more general study of mankind, the frontiers of language and race ought never to disappear.

b. U.S. ‘That part of a country which forms the border of its settled or inhabited regions: as (before the settlement of the Pacific coast), the western frontier of the United States’ ( Cent. Dict.). Also in specific use (see quot. 1894 and D.A.).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > border district(s)

end-landc1175

marcha1325

bounds1340

coast1377

marcherc1475

border1489

marchland1536

confines1548

front1589

limitrophe1589

commark1612

land-march1614

frontier1676

Border-sidea1700

borderland1813

border-countryc1885

rimland1942

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun] > parts of town or village

town end1192

west end1428

head1458

townhead1536

frontier1894

1676 W. Berkeley Let. 1 Apr. in W.E. Washburn Governor & Rebel (1957) 184 We have now such a strength on the frontiers of al our Plantations that we cannot feare them [sc. the Indians] if they were ten times more in number then they are.

1756 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 360 The intent of sending men hither was to protect the frontier inhabitants.

1842 Amer. Pioneer 1 226 Of all the men I ever knew he was the best qualified to live on a frontier where there were savages..to contend with.

1870 R. W. Emerson Civilization in Wks. (1906) III. 8 'Tis wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log-hut on the frontier.

1894 F. J. Turner Frontier in Amer. Hist. 3 What is the frontier?.. In the census reports it is treated as the margin of that settlement which has a density of two or more to the square mile.

2004 D. R. Lewis in W. F. Deverell Compan. Amer. West viii. 171 Historians of the western frontier disagree over the number of homicides in the late nineteenth century.

†5.

a. A fortress on the frontier; a frontier town.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > fort on frontier

barrier1600

frontier1604

milecastle1708

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > town by situation

thoroughfare1424

thoroughfare town1515

outtown?1517

sea-town1578

frontier1604

by-town1683

out-borough1832

out-township1837

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. iv. 9 + 7 Goes it against the maine of Poland sir, Or for some frontire?

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 39 We landed at..Gorcum that night; a very strong & considerable frontiere.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 42 It [sc. Baldivia] was a Fortification, and a Frontier.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 721 [Natchitoches in Louisiana] was a frontier on the Spanish settlements.

†b. A barrier against attack. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > [noun] > means of defence

hornc825

defencec1350

garnisonc1386

wall1412

fencec1440

defensoryc1475

fencing1489

muniment1546

frontier1589

bar1603

1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 1 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres A Forte not placed where it were needefull, might skantly be accompted for frontier.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xv. 105 This Province..which is a Frontier against those Heathens.

1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 170 His Navies do carry a moveable Frontire to all the habitable World.

a1712 W. Edmundson Jrnl. (1715) 133 Three Hundred Firelocks, as a Frontier, to intercept the English Soldiers.

†6. A settler on the frontier; a frontier-man.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > frontiersman or pioneer

dew-beatera1670

frontier1677

frontierman1782

pathfinder1840

frontager1893

old residenter1898

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 51 The Frontiers discerning Indians in..the Swamp, fired immediately upon them.

7. elliptical. = Frontier Colt n. at Compounds. U.S.

ΚΠ

1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 v. 50 He..did not care to call attention to his wooden-handled, flare-butt Frontiers.

B. adj.

1. Of or belonging to the frontier of a country; situated on the frontier, bordering; const. to. Also, characteristic of people living at a frontier; pioneering; primitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [adjective] > characteristic of frontiersman

frontier1523

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [adjective] > border (district)

frontier1523

finitivec1550

limitany1611

bordering1612

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxiii. 135 The erle..departed his people into dyuers garysons, to kepe fronter warre.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 34 The dyuersite of pronuncyacion of the other frontier countreys.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Zz4^v This Bommel is the farthest frontier towne westward of Gelderland.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 43 Diuers frontier Cities and Castles.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. iii. 87 A desert which is frontire betweene Guinea and Senega.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 116 Held there way towards Bayone a City Frontier to Spain.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 466 Dreaded through..Gaza's frontier bounds.

1701 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) II. 20 Leaving that most ffronter part..Denuded of..Defence.

1756 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 360 The intent of sending men hither was to protect the frontier inhabitants.

1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. xiv. 209 If you come a foot nigher, you shall have frontier punishment.

1840 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 34 489 The comparatively petty interest of some frontier dispute.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 14 It would be some advantage to live a primitive and frontier life, though in the midst of an outward civilization, if only to learn what are the gross necessaries of life.

1856 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxxvi, in Monthly Packet Jan. 8 A few of the frontier castles had fallen into his hands.

1902 S. J. Weyman In Kings' Byways i. 137 In the summer of 1706..one of the Austrian captains sat down before the frontier town of Huymonde, in Spanish Flanders, and prepared to take it.

1958 Spectator 14 Feb. 206/3 The connection in him between his ‘frontier’ mentality and his secret craving for respectability.

1960 Guardian 8 Dec. 8/2 I don't know about university education. In ‘frontier’ societies it is perhaps not a good thing.

1963 A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex 64 In frontier conditions or settled agricultural societies children represent an economic asset.

1968 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 2 Oct. in White House Diary (1970) 714 There..came into being today the North Cascades National Park in the State of Washington—an area that's called the American Alps and is still very much frontier.

†2. Fronting; opposite. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective] > facing

butting1447

obvious1603

frontier1609

abuttinga1616

confronting1710

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 106 With readie minds..they breake through the frontier bankes over-against them.

Compounds

Frontier Colt n. U.S. a Colt revolver for frontier use.

ΚΠ

1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 viii. 78 A plain Frontier Colt peeked coyly from his hip.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	frontier
释义	frontiern.adj. Brit. /ˈfrʌntɪə/, /frʌnˈtɪə/, /ˈfrɒntɪə/, U.S. /frənˈtɪ(ə)r/ Forms: Middle English frounter(e, -teere, -tier, -tor, fron-, frowntere, Middle English–1500s frontyer, Middle English–1600s fronter, 1500s frontour, 1500s–1600s frontire, 1500s– frontier. Also fronture n. (obsolete). Etymology: < Old French frontier (masculine), frontiere (feminine) (modern French frontière ), < front front n. Compare Provençal fronteira forehead, Italian frontiera, Spanish frontera, Portuguese fronteira frontier. A. n. †1. a. The front side; the forepart. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] foremostc1275 headc1275 foreparty1398 forepartc1400 foresidec1400 devant1411 fronture1417 fore-endc1425 frontierc1430 forefront1488 forehead1525 frontc1540 vaunt1589 proscenium1648 frontside1697 van1726 fore-piece1788 façade1839 fore1888 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 16 Att ffrountor of thees welles clere, Ther whas a scripture commendyng ther lycour. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia i. sig. Gv^v The forefrontes or frontiers of the .ii. corners [of the haven]..be very..daungerous. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 86 The fronter of the which Ward in the Entering is exceding stronge with Toures and Portecoleces. †b. The side that fronts in a specified direction. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > side facing specific direction frontier1598 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 95 The principal wife placeth her court on the West frontier. †c. The forehead. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [noun] foreheadc1000 frontc1290 brow1535 frontier1583 frontispiecea1625 forestam1790 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fii Their bolstred heir..standeth crested round about their frontiers. †2. = frontlet n. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > at front > over upper part frontlet1536 frontier1618 superfrontal1847 1618 ( Inventory in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 182 Item syx alter towelles of lynnen cloth the first with a frounter pailed read white and black..the 5th with a frountier of burde Alisander. †3. The front line or foremost part of an army. Hence ‘attack, resistance’ in to make frontier (tr. Old French faire frontière). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front forerunnerseOE vantward1297 formerward13.. forme-ward13.. vamward1338 fronta1375 pointa1382 frontier?a1400 vawarda1400 forayc1425 avantwardc1440 avant-garde1470 vanward1476 vantguard1485 vanguard1487 foreward1490 forefront1513 foremen1577 forefight?1611 vaunta1616 van1633 first line1663 front line1677 firing line1859 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2898 Frykis one the frowntere welle a fyve hundreth. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy (1555) i. ix In the frounter [1513 frountell] many manly man With sharpe speres first together ran. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclv. 378 He sent them into Poicters to kepe the citie, and to make fronter there agaynst the frenchemen. 4. a. singular and plural. The part of a country which fronts or faces another country; the marches; the border or extremity conterminous with that of another. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] goalc1350 bounda1387 list1389 finea1400 frontier1413 enda1425 limit1439 buttal1449 headroom1462 band1470 mete?1473 buttinga1475 bounder1505 pale?a1525 butrelle1546 scantlet1547 limesa1552 divisec1575 meta1587 line1595 marginc1595 closure1597 Rubicon1613 bournea1616 boundary1626 boundure1634 verge1660 terminary1670 meta1838 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > of a region or territory terma1382 frontier1413 rind1530 terminus?1605 barrier1709 bound-line1850 borderline1869 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > border district(s) > border(s) frontier1413 limitationa1475 skirt1488 limity1523 rind1530 border1535 ambit1597 verges1680 county line1776 land-board1790 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit > a farthest limit ultimo1622 solsticea1631 ultimuma1657 frontier1672–3 upshot1699 ultimatum1748 verge1796 edge1911 the frozen limit1916 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxx. 80 To kepe the frounters of the reame fro perille of enemyes. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xxii. 215 The fronteres of Caleys. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 48 On y^e east partes and frontours of this his realm. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 129 Vpon another frontire lye the Spaniards. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xx. 157 After the two daies we drew neer unto the Heathens Frontiers. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 129. ¶8 A Country Church upon the Frontiers of Cornwall. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 126 It might be dangerous to weaken the defence of the frontier. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Calderon i. 64 He..received an order to join the army on the frontiers. 1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. ii. 84 He found a difficulty in defending his frontier towards Persia. 1956 E.-J. Finbert Israel 2 [Israel's] land frontiers are spread over 951 k. (591 miles). 1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 306 A U.N. observer would be sent to the Yemen-Saudi frontier. figurative and in extended use.1672–3 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 39 Those Churches which are seated nearer upon the Frontire of Popery.1738 Tom King's, or Humours Cov. Garden 3 A spacious Plain..Whose large Frontiers with Pallisados bound From Trivia's Filth inshrines the hallow'd Ground.1768 W. Wilkie Rake & Hermit 65 Faith in the utmost frontier stands.1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxvii. 350 Along this portion of their frontier, the Upper Silurian Rocks [etc.].1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 150 A few seditious persons..had gone very near to the frontier of treason.1870 F. M. Müller Sci. Relig. (1873) 391 Even in this more general study of mankind, the frontiers of language and race ought never to disappear. b. U.S. ‘That part of a country which forms the border of its settled or inhabited regions: as (before the settlement of the Pacific coast), the western frontier of the United States’ ( Cent. Dict.). Also in specific use (see quot. 1894 and D.A.). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > border district(s) end-landc1175 marcha1325 bounds1340 coast1377 marcherc1475 border1489 marchland1536 confines1548 front1589 limitrophe1589 commark1612 land-march1614 frontier1676 Border-sidea1700 borderland1813 border-countryc1885 rimland1942 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun] > parts of town or village town end1192 west end1428 head1458 townhead1536 frontier1894 1676 W. Berkeley Let. 1 Apr. in W.E. Washburn Governor & Rebel (1957) 184 We have now such a strength on the frontiers of al our Plantations that we cannot feare them [sc. the Indians] if they were ten times more in number then they are. 1756 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 360 The intent of sending men hither was to protect the frontier inhabitants. 1842 Amer. Pioneer 1 226 Of all the men I ever knew he was the best qualified to live on a frontier where there were savages..to contend with. 1870 R. W. Emerson Civilization in Wks. (1906) III. 8 'Tis wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log-hut on the frontier. 1894 F. J. Turner Frontier in Amer. Hist. 3 What is the frontier?.. In the census reports it is treated as the margin of that settlement which has a density of two or more to the square mile. 2004 D. R. Lewis in W. F. Deverell Compan. Amer. West viii. 171 Historians of the western frontier disagree over the number of homicides in the late nineteenth century. †5. a. A fortress on the frontier; a frontier town. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > fort on frontier barrier1600 frontier1604 milecastle1708 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > town by situation thoroughfare1424 thoroughfare town1515 outtown?1517 sea-town1578 frontier1604 by-town1683 out-borough1832 out-township1837 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. iv. 9 + 7 Goes it against the maine of Poland sir, Or for some frontire? c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 39 We landed at..Gorcum that night; a very strong & considerable frontiere. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 42 It [sc. Baldivia] was a Fortification, and a Frontier. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 721 [Natchitoches in Louisiana] was a frontier on the Spanish settlements. †b. A barrier against attack. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > [noun] > means of defence hornc825 defencec1350 garnisonc1386 wall1412 fencec1440 defensoryc1475 fencing1489 muniment1546 frontier1589 bar1603 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 1 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres A Forte not placed where it were needefull, might skantly be accompted for frontier. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xv. 105 This Province..which is a Frontier against those Heathens. 1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 170 His Navies do carry a moveable Frontire to all the habitable World. a1712 W. Edmundson Jrnl. (1715) 133 Three Hundred Firelocks, as a Frontier, to intercept the English Soldiers. †6. A settler on the frontier; a frontier-man. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > frontiersman or pioneer dew-beatera1670 frontier1677 frontierman1782 pathfinder1840 frontager1893 old residenter1898 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 51 The Frontiers discerning Indians in..the Swamp, fired immediately upon them. 7. elliptical. = Frontier Colt n. at Compounds. U.S. ΚΠ 1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 v. 50 He..did not care to call attention to his wooden-handled, flare-butt Frontiers. B. adj. 1. Of or belonging to the frontier of a country; situated on the frontier, bordering; const. to. Also, characteristic of people living at a frontier; pioneering; primitive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [adjective] > characteristic of frontiersman frontier1523 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [adjective] > border (district) frontier1523 finitivec1550 limitany1611 bordering1612 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxiii. 135 The erle..departed his people into dyuers garysons, to kepe fronter warre. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 34 The dyuersite of pronuncyacion of the other frontier countreys. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Zz4^v This Bommel is the farthest frontier towne westward of Gelderland. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 43 Diuers frontier Cities and Castles. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. iii. 87 A desert which is frontire betweene Guinea and Senega. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 116 Held there way towards Bayone a City Frontier to Spain. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 466 Dreaded through..Gaza's frontier bounds. View more context for this quotation 1701 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) II. 20 Leaving that most ffronter part..Denuded of..Defence. 1756 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 360 The intent of sending men hither was to protect the frontier inhabitants. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. xiv. 209 If you come a foot nigher, you shall have frontier punishment. 1840 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 34 489 The comparatively petty interest of some frontier dispute. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 14 It would be some advantage to live a primitive and frontier life, though in the midst of an outward civilization, if only to learn what are the gross necessaries of life. 1856 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxxvi, in Monthly Packet Jan. 8 A few of the frontier castles had fallen into his hands. 1902 S. J. Weyman In Kings' Byways i. 137 In the summer of 1706..one of the Austrian captains sat down before the frontier town of Huymonde, in Spanish Flanders, and prepared to take it. 1958 Spectator 14 Feb. 206/3 The connection in him between his ‘frontier’ mentality and his secret craving for respectability. 1960 Guardian 8 Dec. 8/2 I don't know about university education. In ‘frontier’ societies it is perhaps not a good thing. 1963 A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex 64 In frontier conditions or settled agricultural societies children represent an economic asset. 1968 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 2 Oct. in White House Diary (1970) 714 There..came into being today the North Cascades National Park in the State of Washington—an area that's called the American Alps and is still very much frontier. †2. Fronting; opposite. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective] > facing butting1447 obvious1603 frontier1609 abuttinga1616 confronting1710 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 106 With readie minds..they breake through the frontier bankes over-against them. Compounds Frontier Colt n. U.S. a Colt revolver for frontier use. ΚΠ 1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 viii. 78 A plain Frontier Colt peeked coyly from his hip. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). frontierv. Brit. /ˈfrʌntɪə/, /frʌnˈtɪə/, /ˈfrɒntɪə/, U.S. /frənˈtɪ(ə)r/ Etymology: < frontier n. †1. intransitive. To be a frontier, or as a frontier; to border on or upon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] terminate?a1425 border1570 limit1578 frontier1599 lista1600 bound1601 confine1601 bounder1636 verge1817 delimit1879 1599 R. Hakluyt tr. R. Reineccius in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 15 The countrey called Suet..frontering vpon the countrie of the Damascenes. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie ii. sig. Rr4^v As far Westward as the River Tibiscus, where it frontired on the Iazyges Metanastæ. 2. transitive. a. To look upon the frontier, boundary, or coast of; to face. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > be opposite (something) [verb (transitive)] > face (of things) face1567 affront1575 frontier1579 regard1585 front1609 confront1610 to stand to ——1632 outfront1883 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 371 They sawe their armie so hardie as to encampe in that valley frontyred with troublesome mountains, and in the middest of the enemies countrey. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie ii. 32 Being that part of the country a frontering the sea. a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 227 The bridge that, bounding Life's domain, frontiers the wold of death. †b. To stand in front of; to bar, oppose. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > cause to be arrested or intercepted in progress warna1250 foreclosec1290 dit1362 stayc1440 stopc1440 set1525 suppress1547 bar1578 frontier1589 stay1591 intercepta1599 to cut off1600 interpose1615 lodgea1616 obstruct1621 stifle1629 sufflaminate1656 stick1824 to hold up1887 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 29 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres So small Forts may well serue to hinder the courses of a small number, but not to frontier a forcible enemie. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 21 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Now that it is no more a border, nor frontired with enemies. Derivatives † ˈfrontiering adj. Obsolete occupying the frontier or border; neighbouring. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > dwelling on border frontieringc1600 c1600 J. Dymmok Treat. Ireland (1842) 35 His Lordship..repared the breaches of the castle, and placed such a garrison in the same as might anoy the fronteringe rebells. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.adj.?a1400v.1579
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