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==Origin==
 
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fronter, from Anglo-French frountere, fronter, from front
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[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fronter, from Anglo-French frountere, fronter, from front
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==
 
*1a : a border between two countries  
 
*1a : a border between two countries  
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A '''frontier''' is a [[political]] and [[geographical]] term referring to areas near or beyond a [[boundary]]. 'Frontier' was borrowed into [[English]] from French in the 15th century, with the [[meaning]] "borderland"--the region of a country that fronts on another country (see also marches).
 
A '''frontier''' is a [[political]] and [[geographical]] term referring to areas near or beyond a [[boundary]]. 'Frontier' was borrowed into [[English]] from French in the 15th century, with the [[meaning]] "borderland"--the region of a country that fronts on another country (see also marches).
  
The use of "frontier" to mean "a region at the edge of a settled area" is a special North American [[development]]. (Compare the Australian "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outback outback]".)  
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The use of "frontier" to mean "a region at the edge of a settled area" is a special North American [[development]]. (Compare the Australian "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outback outback]".)  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
* [http://www.transhumanist.com/volume4/space.htm Transhumanist.com: Opening Space as a Frontier]
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* [https://www.transhumanist.com/volume4/space.htm Transhumanist.com: Opening Space as a Frontier]
* [http://www.absborderlands.org/ Association for Borderlands Studies]
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* [https://www.absborderlands.org/ Association for Borderlands Studies]
  
 
[[Category: Geography]]
 
[[Category: Geography]]

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Origin

Middle English fronter, from Anglo-French frountere, fronter, from front

Definitions

  • 1a : a border between two countries
b obsolete : a stronghold on a frontier
  • 2a : a region that forms the margin of settled or developed territory
b : the farthermost limits of knowledge or achievement in a particular subject
c : a line of division between different or opposed things <the frontiers separating science and the humanities — R. W. Clark>
d : a new field for exploitative or developmental activity

Description

A frontier is a political and geographical term referring to areas near or beyond a boundary. 'Frontier' was borrowed into English from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"--the region of a country that fronts on another country (see also marches).

The use of "frontier" to mean "a region at the edge of a settled area" is a special North American development. (Compare the Australian "outback".)

External links