| NOUN | person | mountain man, frontiersman, backwoodsman | a man who lives on the frontier |
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| Meaning | A man who lives on the frontier. | |
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| Synonyms | frontiersman, backwoodsman | |
| Instances | Boone, Daniel Boone | An American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820 ) |
| Carson, Kit Carson, Christopher Carson | United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868 ) | |
| Crockett, Davy Crockett, David Crockett | United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836 ) | |
| Broader | pioneer | One the first colonists or settlers in a new territory |