Sekirov Dictionary

frontier

UK /ˈfɹʌntɪə/US /fɹʌnˈtɪɹ/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 3

noun3

•
The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
- For two years the Easterner had been searching for his lost brother, at trading posts and Army forts all along the frontier. — 1950
The most advanced or recent version of something; the leading edge.
•
(no longer used) An outwork of a fortification.
- thou hast talk'd. Of sallies and retires, of trenches, tents, Of palisadoes, frontiers, parapets — 1597

verb2

To live as pioneers on frontier territory.
•
(no longer used) To place on the frontier.
- now that it is no more a Border, nor frontiered with Enemies, why should such Privileges be any more continued? — 1596

forms

frontiered · frontiering · frontiers

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