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(), n.[F. frontire, LL. frontaria. See Front.] 1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization. 2. (Fort.) An outwork. [Obs.] Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. Shak. Fron"tier a. 1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town. 2. Of or relating to a frontier. "Frontier experience." W. Irving. Fron"tier v. i.To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple. スポンサード リンク
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