frontier" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: frontier	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for frontier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frontier n a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day" an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frontier \Fron"tier\, n. [F. fronti[8a]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. [bd]Frontier experience.[b8] --W. Irving.
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 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)