frounter

Middle English

Alternative forms

• frunture, fronter, frowntere, fronteur, frountre, ffrontour, frountour, frountier

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fronter, ultimately from Latin frōns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frunˈteːr/, /ˈfruntər/

Noun

frounter (plural frounters) (Late Middle English, rare)

1. a frontier or borderland
2. a fort located upon the borderland
3. the vanguard of a military force
4. a tapestry over another tapestry over an altar
5. a building’s frontispiece
6. armor for the forehead of an equine

Descendants

• English: frontier
• Scots: fronter (obsolete)

Further reading

• “frǒuntēr, -iēr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.