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n. - A female who lives in wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

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  • Many political commentators seem to have seized on the idea that Sarah Palin is a "frontierswoman," an old-time pioneer rather than a standard political type.
  • "frontierswoman" aspect of Palin's profile, and astutely took apart the reasons why that can-do, gun-toting Annie Oakley image so quickly and firmly grabbed hold of GOP...
  • "Probably, though I can't picture you as a frontierswoman."
  • Her transformation into a frontierswoman is just what the doctor ordered.
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