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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Frontier \Fron"tier\, v. i. To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Frontier \Fron"tier\, n. [F. fronti[`e]re, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Frontier \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: frontier adj : on the American frontier; "one of the last real frontier towns"; "hardships of frontier life" [syn: {frontier(a)}] n 1: an international boundary or the area along such a boundary 2: a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day" 3: an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science" From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Frontier, ND (city, FIPS 28720) Location: 46.80038 N, 96.83301 W Population (1990): 218 (57 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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