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frontiersmanship

Definitions

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  • noun The craft or skill of being a frontiersman, of succeeding in settling a frontier.

Etymologies

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frontiersman +‎ -ship

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Examples

  • A wealthy, Ivy League-educated rancher, he was descended from a family that combined in a single progenitor titled English aristocracy and American frontiersmanship.

    NYT > Home Page By MARGALIT FOX 2011

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