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Frontier

Frontier Meaning & Definition
Frontier Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Frontier?

[n] an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"
[n] an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
[n] a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Frontier:

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Frontier In Webster's Dictionary

\Fron"tier\, n. [F. fronti[`e]re, LL. frontaria. See {Front}.] 1. 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. (Fort.) An outwork. [Obs.] Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. --Shak.
\Fron"tier\, a. 1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town. 2. Of or relating to a frontier. ``Frontier experience.'' --W. Irving.
\Fron"tier\, v. i. To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.

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