Antonyms for frontiers
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fruhn-teer, fron-; also, esp. British, fruhn-teer |
| Phonetic Transcription : frʌnˈtɪər, frɒn-; also, esp. British, ˈfrʌn tɪər |
Definition of frontiers
Origin :- c.1400, from Old French frontier "prow of a ship, front rank of an army" (13c.), noun use of adjective frontier "facing, neighboring," from front "brow" (see front (n.)).
- Originally the front line of an army, sense of "borderland" is first attested early 15c. In reference to North America, from 1670s; later with a specific sense:
- 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. [F.J. Turner, "The Frontier in American History," 1920]
- Frontiersman is from 1782.
- noun boundary
- noun unexplored, unoccupied area of land
- Within its frontiers there was peace for two or three hundred years.
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- Over the frontiers they come with their jewels, their plate, and their money-chests.
- Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
- One of Virginia's frontiers at this time was the Eastern Shore.
- Extract from : « Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660 » by Wilcomb E. Washburn
- Russians will stream over your frontiers and settle in your cities.
- Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
- Why should we have all those thousands of miles of frontiers to defend?
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
- Now other Roman soldiers, also, had been stationed at the frontiers of Gaul to serve as guards.
- Extract from : « Procopius » by Procopius
- That seemed to be typical; the frontiers of science, now, were all decimal points.
- Extract from : « Ministry of Disturbance » by Henry Beam Piper
- It is scarcely sixty-two miles from Cape Bernouilli to the frontiers of Victoria.
- Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
- Frontiers remained exactly as they were when the first shot was fired.
- Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
- The far Southwest was the oldest of all American frontiers, and the stubbornest.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
Synonyms for frontiers
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