frontiersman

Example Sentences

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The frontiersman poet Joaquin Miller was assigned to write about a week spent on Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025

A half-century later, that encounter has become the life’s work of this former Seattle dentist turned Alaskan frontiersman.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023

In 2016, he finally won an Oscar, after four previous nominations, for his performance as a vengeance-hungry frontiersman in “The Revenant.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

In 1955, the frontiersman Davy Crockett became the most famous man in America, more than a century after his death at the Alamo.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2023

At school, he stood out for not only being the best sertanista, or frontiersman, but also as a good athlete.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple