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frontier
Part of speech: NounThe boundary or limit of a country; the most remote settled part of a country, facing an unexplored region.
Part of speech: AdjectivePertaining to, or situated near, the boundary of a country.
Usage examples "frontier":- One would suppose at first that the stream traversed by the two perilous bridges formed the frontier of the kingdom. - "Four Arthurian Romances "Erec et Enide", "Cliges", "Yvain", and "Lancelot"", Chretien DeTroyes.
- We went back to the frontier, and the regiment saw a lot of service. - "The Pool in the Desert", Sara Jeanette Duncan.
- The necessity appeared the greater, because the suspicion prevailed among many of the citizens that Austria, sure of the secret approval of the head of the Empire, would use the favorable moment to take possession of a place so well situated on the frontier. - "The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli", Johann Hottinger.