frontiere

boundary; military front rank

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A small cabin and cultivated patch stand at the edge of a much larger uncultivated forest; focus on border between settled ground and undeveloped land, no claims of uninhabited or conquered territory.

noun

frontier

fruhn-TEER/frʌnˈtɪr/

The outermost boundary of explored or settled territory.

Etymology

frontierOld Frenchboundary; military front rank

Old French frontiere named a country's boundary or an army's front rank. The boundary idea was applied to the outer edge of settled territory, giving the sense of a border region beyond settlement.

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