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Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fronter, ultimately from Latin frōns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frunˈteːr/, /ˈfruntər/
Noun
frounter (plural frounters) (Late Middle English, rare)
- a frontier or borderland
- a fort located upon the borderland
- the vanguard of a military force
- a tapestry over another tapestry over an altar
- a building’s frontispiece
- armor for the forehead of an equine
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