Dictionary

borderer en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border English -er English borderer From border + -er.

Meanings

1. A person who lives near the border of a country or district, especially that between England and Scotland.
   • "[H]is taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going." 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
   • As a borderer from territory that had changed hands many times in its history, De Gasperi hoped and believed that European integration would prevent future wars as well as help solve some of Italy's stoniest economic problems. 2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 341:
   • The Borderers on the English side rieved, harried, and plundered each other with as much keenness and audacity as did the Scots on the other side. 1904, The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume 9, page 208:
2. A soldier of a border regiment in the British Army (Border Regiment, South Wales Borderers, King's Own Scottish Borderers).

Forms

Synonyms

frontiersman

Translations (8)

sv gränsbo (person who resides near a border) · gl raioto (person who resides near a border) · pl kresowiec (person who resides near a border) · sh graničar (person who resides near a border) · el ακρίτας (person who resides near a border) · gl arraiano (person who resides near a border) · pt raiano (person who resides near a border) · sk hraničiar (person who resides near a border)