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Definition of Frontierswoman
1. Noun. A woman who lives on the frontier.
Specialized synonyms: Burk, Burke, Calamity Jane, Martha Jane Burk, Martha Jane Burke
Definition of Frontierswoman
1. Noun. The female equivalent of a frontiersman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frontierswoman
Literary usage of Frontierswoman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1904)
"... in passing, that Mrs. Jackson, — or £Aunt Rachel/ as everyone called her who
knew her, — is shown to be by no means the vulgar frontierswoman that she ..."
2. The Works of Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt (1896)
"the death of the men, some brawny frontierswoman, accustomed to danger and violent
physical exertion, and favored by peculiar circumstances, herself beat ..."
3. The Elements of International Law: With an Account of Its Origin, Sources by George Breckenridge Davis (1915)
"Octavo THE STORY OF A PIONEER By ANNA HOWARD SHAW; with the collaboration of
Elizabeth Jordan frontierswoman, school-teacher, preacher, lecturer, minister, ..."
4. "The Greatest Failure in All History": A Critical Examination of the Actual by John Spargo (1920)
"It is exactly this fascinating story that is told in THE STORY OF A PIONEER By
ANNA HOWARD SHAW; with the collaboration of Elizabeth Jordan frontierswoman, ..."
5. The Pioneer Mothers of America: A Record of the More Notable Women of the by Harry Clinton Green, Mary Wolcott Green (1912)
"Here she lived the hardy, busy life of the frontierswoman, caring for her husband
and children, and attending to her truck patch. ..."
6. America and the New Epoch by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1916)
"Octavo THE STORY OF A PIONEER By ANNA HOWARD SHAW; with the collaboration of
Elizabeth Jordan frontierswoman, school-teacher, preacher, lecturer, minister, ..."
7. The Pioneer Mothers of America: A Record of the More Notable Women of the by Harry Clinton Green, Mary Wolcott Green (1912)
"Nancy Hunter Nancy Hunter was a dashing frontierswoman of beauty and daring,
whose life story is largely mingled with the early history of the Middle West. ..."
8. Camps in the Rockies: Being a Narrative of Life on the Frontier, and Sport by William Adolph Baillie-Grohman (1882)
"Going up to the unfortunate man, she began to belabour his face and head with
the brawny fists of a frontierswoman. The victim, a huge fellow, ..."
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