borderer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who lives near a border between countries or districts

   As a borderer, she moved easily between the customs of both regions.

2. 2
   noun

   historical: an inhabitant of the frontier between England and Scotland

   The borderer knew every pass through the disputed hills.

3. 3
   noun

   a soldier serving in a British border regiment

   The veteran had served as a borderer before the regiment was reorganized.

Formed from border + -er, literally 'one who lives at a border.' The word became especially associated with the historically contested Anglo-Scottish Border and later with British military regiments named for border regions.

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