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FRONTIER SETTLEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A settlement on the frontier of civilization
Synonyms:
frontier settlement; outpost
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("frontier settlement" is a kind of...):
colony; settlement (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)
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