frontiersman
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colonial, colonist, colonizer, homesteader, pioneer, settler
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Lizzo returned to campus this month to visit with the Spirit of Houston, which includes the band, cheerleaders, dance mascots, twirlers and frontiersman. — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, "Houston girl summer: Lizzo, Normani and Megan Thee Stallion are heating things up," 26 Aug. 2019 Throughout Mother American Night Barlow’s exquisite understanding of power—and his tendency to channel it in the spirit of a heroic (white, male) frontiersman—shines through. — Jesse Jarnow, WIRED, "The Ghost of John Perry Barlow Lives in His Posthumous Memoir," 5 June 2018 From this stock and their exploits sprang our national myth of the frontiersman-patriot. — John Daniel Davidson, National Review, "Founders of the Frontier: David McCullough Discovers Ohio’s Puritan Pioneers," 11 July 2019 At Little Bighorn, Kellogg was less the reporter and much more the frontiersman. — Patrick Springer / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, "Along with Custer, a Pioneer Press contributor met his end 143 years ago at Battle of the Little Bighorn," 6 July 2019 In 1769, frontiersman Daniel Boone began to explore present-day Kentucky. — BostonGlobe.com, "This day in history," 7 June 2018 Pulp novels romanticized ex-Confederate soldiers and rifle-wielding frontiersmen. — Kevin Canfield, San Francisco Chronicle, "‘Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment,’ by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz," 1 Mar. 2018 Roosevelt, by contrast, would cultivate the twin modes of frontiersman and exacting naturalist. — Philip Dray, Time, "How This Photo of Theodore Roosevelt in Hunting Gear Helped Jump-Start the American Conservation Movement," 1 May 2018 The game lets players take on the role of frontiersman who acquire land and swap resources with other players. — cleveland.com, "Tracking the rise of Cleveland-area gamer bars and cafes (pictures and video)," 7 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'frontiersman.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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