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Definition of Frontiers

1. frontier [n] - See also: frontier

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Frontiers

frontal suture frontal suture frontal triangle frontal tuber frontal veins frontal zone contraction theory frontbencher frontcourt frontcourts fronted

frontenis frontenises fronter frontes frontier frontiers (current term) frontiersman frontiersmen frontierswoman frontier settlement

frontignan fronting frontispiece frontispieces frontless frontlet frontlet frontlets frontline frontlines

Literary usage of Frontiers

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1. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1916)
"EXTENSION OF FRENCH frontiers Louis XIV was not a soldier himself. ... Every country, he main- Doctrine of tained, should secure such frontiers as nature ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"frontiers." By the Right Hon. Lord Curzon of Kedleston, DCL, LL.D., FBS, Chancellor of the University. Oxford : Clarendon Tress. ..."

3. Collections by CT Historical Society (1908)
"Voted That for the Incouragement of such as shall inlist themselves for ye Defence of the frontiers agreeable to ye vote of this House of yesterday that ..."

4. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"against Rumania had completed the task of rounding out the frontiers of Mitteleuropa. While Rumania was neutral and preserved her economic and political ..."

5. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"And on the 29th, another party of Indians, on the northern frontiers of Sumner county, killed and scalped John Lawrence, William Hains, and Michael Hampton, ..."

6. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1855)
"He is appointed to the Command of Troops to repel the Invasion of the frontiers. — Governor Dinwiddie. THE time was now at hand, when the higher destinies ..."

7. Correspondence of William Pitt: When Secretary of State, with Colonial by William Pitt, Great Britain Foreign Office (1906)
"... French forces either at Ticonderoga or Cape Breton in any great numbers to act with them have made several Attempts upon the frontiers of this Province. ..."

8. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"VIII The King and Queen make a Progress to the frontiers. The Author attends them. ... frontiers ..."

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