meaning of frontier
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. An outwork.
3. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.
4. Of or relating to a frontier.
5. To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on.
Related Words
frontier | frontiered | frontiersmen |
