n. Function: noun
1 a region between two countries FF1C; lived on the frontier between Mexico and the U.S. FF1E;
Synonyms: border, borderland, march, marchland
2 a rural region that forms the margin of settled or developed territory FF1C; living on the frontier was a hard life FF1E;
Synonyms: backcountry, backland, ||backveld, backwash, backwater, backwoods, ||boondocks, ||boonies, bush, hinterland, ||outback, sticks, up-country
Idioms: the back of beyond