borderer

[ bawr-der-er ]

noun

1. a person who dwells on or near the border of a country, region, etc.

borderer

/ ˈbɔːdərə /

noun

1. a person who lives in a border area, esp the border between England and Scotland

Word History and Origins

Origin of borderer¹

First recorded in 1485–95; border + -er ¹

Example Sentences

But when the white setters, Scotch-Irish, borderers, Covenanters, Cavaliers invaded the country, they whipped the Indians, slaughtered the big game and hewed down the forests.

From Salon

That experience, Fischer says, endowed these “borderers” with hardy self-reliance and a “libertarian idea of natural freedom” that plays out in U.S. politics today.

From Washington Post

There was little in his figure or appearance which would have indicated the habits of a borderer of the period, yet one would scarcely have ventured to guess at any other calling or profession.

From Project Gutenberg

This body of seven hundred bold and well-mounted borderers, left Detroit the 22d of October, and plunged at once into the wilderness.

From Project Gutenberg

The distress, wrath, and terror of the borderers produced results sufficiently remarkable to deserve a separate examination.

From Project Gutenberg