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Synonyms for frontier

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fruhn-teer, fron-; also, esp. British, fruhn-teer
Phonetic Transcription : frʌnˈtɪər, frɒn-; also, esp. British, ˈfrʌn tɪər

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Définition of frontier

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
Example sentences :
  • The agitations and vexations of other governments stop at the Austrian frontier.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • They may throw a sidelight on the great drama of frontier war.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Thence we have followed it to Mardan and across the frontier.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Thus the Mohmands cross the frontier and the action of Shabkadr is fought.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The dead man, they said, had desired to be buried across the frontier.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The situation was, however, complicated by the proximity of the Afghan frontier.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • To effect this object, an alteration of the French frontier is indispensable.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • On the 28th of May we reached the frontier of Lytokitok, the south-eastern boundary of Masailand.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Taylor concentrated his men at Corpus Christi, near the frontier.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • I had with me, in the capacity of soldier-servant, a Cossack of the frontier army.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

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