2. Noun. A person who or thing that fronts. ¹
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Definition of Fronter
1. front [adj] - See also: front
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fronter
Literary usage of Fronter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chronicle of Froissart by Jean Froissart (1903)
"... Carlo. and all the castels on the fronter of Aragon. They of the countie of
Foiz sayd that no ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Fr. fronter It /runt, id. The S. verb had been originally applied to that change
of the countenance which indicates ill humour, or precedes crying. ..."
3. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine by Edward Hungerford Goddard (1884)
"... of Redd with gold. it A fronter of ... velvet branched damaske. ,, Two vestments
and j fronter of ..."
4. The Modern Language Quarterly by Walter Wilson Greg (1901)
"Reference to the MS. then proved that what I had taken for an s was really a
badly formed e, the word being ' fronter. The verb ' to frontier ' is not ..."
5. A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms by Orby Shipley (1872)
"Also called fronter. Frontale. i. A frontal on an altar. 2. A mitre. 3. ...
Frontale I. fronter. The same as Frontal. Fructuosus, Nuns of the Order of S. ..."
6. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"A capital sea-story—quite a first-floor-fronter—is The Cruise of the Slack Prince,
by Commander LOVETT < Ч м ..."
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