Frontier
Pronunciation : Fron"tier
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. fronti?re, LL. frontaria. See Front.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: An outwork. [Obs.] Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Fron"tier
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.
2. Of or relating to a frontier. "Frontier experience." W. Irving.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Fron"tier
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913