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borderer

borderer

9.3
A person who lives near the line between two countries, for example between Scotland and England
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : fronterizo
  • Fischer prefers to speak of "borderers" (referring to the historically war-torn England-Scotland border).
  • Scottish borderers

Examples

  • Bromwich's study envisions The Borderers as a statement of the poet's complicity in the principles that inspired the Terror.

    Academic text (2000)

  • K.O.S.B. King's own scottish borderers

    Watusi (1959)

  • Gonville Bromhead, Lieutenant, B Company, 2nd Battalion of the 24th Regiment of Foot, South Wales Borderers.

    Zulu (1964)

  • The Borderers lived in the region where Scotland and England meet.

  • Many Borderers have stories that reflect their unique heritage between the two countries.

  • In the past, Borderers often engaged in raiding across the frontier for resources.

Synonyms

marcher
vsborderer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person from a border area, often in the old Welsh or Scottish frontiers

is a general inhabitant of a border area not tied to historical Marches
marchman
vsborderer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who lives near a border and guards it, often in medieval times

is an ordinary resident rather than a defensive guard at borders

Surface Forms

borderer singular
borderers plural

Morphology

borderer = border (transparent) = border + er

The word is a regular noun formed from 'border' plus '-er', meaning a person associated with a border area.

Etymology

Borderer comes from border, which means 'edge' or the line between two places. So a borderer is simply a person who lives by that edge, for example the people who lived for centuries between Scotland and England.