SGa man who lived on the Americanfrontier, especially in the 19th century 〔尤指19世纪美国的〕边远地区居民;边疆开拓者
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frontiersman• Billy the Kid worked as a cowboy, but he was more a townie than a frontiersman.• In doing so, he relies heavily on the work of ethno-botanist and psychedelicfrontiersman Terence McKenna.• Smith, Poul Anderson, and other science fictionauthors are solitaryfrontiersmen and ruggedindividualists.• The frontiersmanheroes such as Davy Crockett no longer excite our moral support.• Others became refugees and provided the Habsburgs with some of their frontiersmen.