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Definition of Frontier
1. Noun. A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country. "The individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"
2. Noun. An international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary.
3. Noun. An undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development. "He worked at the frontier of brain science"
Definition of Frontier
1. n. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.
2. a. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.
3. v. i. To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on.
Definition of Frontier
1. Noun. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization. ¹
2. Adjective. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous. ¹
3. Adjective. Of or relating to a frontier. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frontier
1. a border between two countries [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frontier
Literary usage of Frontier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1882)
"THE NEW ROSSO-PERSIAN frontier EAST OF THE CASPIAN SEA. just been described, cost
only some 2001. ; therefore a very considerable addition to our knowledge ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"When Gaines reached Natchitoches in April he was told that Santa Anna was rapidly
approaching the frontier, that his plan was to put to death all men found ..."
3. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"THE CAROLINA frontier. " ST. AUGUSTINE, a Spanish garrison, being planted to the
southward of us about a hundred leagues, makes Carolina a frontier to all ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1887)
"Notes on a part of the Western frontier of British Honduras. ... The firm black
line shown as the frontier on the plan has been cleared through the bush for ..."
5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"On the east its steep ranges overlook the Indian frontier. But on the north-western
side of Afghanistan, beyond the mountain ranges, and toward the lower ..."
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