Definition of Frontier settlement

1. Noun. A settlement on the frontier of civilization.

Exact synonyms: Outpost
Generic synonyms: Colony, Settlement

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frontier Settlement

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frontcourts
fronted
frontend
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frontenis
frontenises
fronter
fronters
frontes
frontest
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frontflips
frontier
frontier orbital
frontier settlement (current term)
frontiered
frontierless
frontierlike
frontiers
frontiersman
frontiersmanship
frontiersmen
frontierswoman
frontierswomen
frontignan
frontin'
fronting
frontispiece
frontispieces

Literary usage of Frontier settlement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country: A Record of Travel and Discovery in by Albert Bushnell Lloyd (1900)
"THE GREAT PYGMY FOREST The boundary river—Lions—Meeting with the Belgian officer—We have a little hunt—Sporting yarns—frontier settlement—Women slaves ..."

2. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of by Lewis publishing company, Chicago, Ezra Scollay Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker (1908)
"Like his father he was rugged of frame and strong of constitution, and well qualified to act a part in the frontier settlement where he was born. ..."

3. Community Life and Civic Problems by Howard Copeland. Hill (1922)
"Members of a frontier settlement were generally expected to provide for their ... In addition, a frontier settlement, in spite of the rude merriment of some ..."

4. The Rival Powers in Central Asia, Or, The Struggle Between England and by Józef Popowski (1893)
"The frontier settlement commission was not destined, however, ... to negociate the question of the frontier-settlement direct with the British Cabinet. ..."

5. Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most by Henry Howe (1845)
"At that period, public stores, to a large amount, were deposited al Winchester for the frontier settlement. After the distinguished action at Great Meadows, ..."

6. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"There are extant many complainte from Vallejo that the force was insufficient to protect the frontier settlement and Мех. national interests against savages ..."

7. Pioneers of Science in America: Sketches of Their Lives and Scientific Work by William Jay Youmans (1896)
"15, 1803, at the little village of Franklinton, then a frontier settlement in the midst of primitive forest, near the site of the present city of Columbus. ..."

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