borderer
Lives at edges
A borderer is someone who lives on or near a border, especially a contested frontier region.
The term historically described inhabitants of the Anglo-Scottish border, known for raiding and clan feuds: The borderers lived by their own rough code.
More generally, it refers to anyone dwelling at the edge of a territory or jurisdiction.
Guard who monitors
- watchmanBuilding security guard
- defenderOne who guards another
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- sentryGuard on duty
patrol · customs officer · checkpoint · gatekeeper · ranger · lookout · picket · keeper
One who colonizes territory
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- colonistPerson inhabiting new territory
- frontiersmanSettler of wild borders
outpost · territory · wilderness · marches · hinterland · backcountry · outback · frontier
Cross-border cattle thief
- marauderOne who raids for loot
- freebooterMaritime plunderer seeking booty
- cattle rustlerOne who steals livestock
- plundererOne who loots
bandit · outlaw · brigand · raider · pillager · skirmisher · guerrilla · irregular
One who resides somewhere
- dwellerOne who resides somewhere
- localOf this area
- nativeOriginating from a place
- borderlanderInhabitant of frontier zones
One who goes over
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- asylum seekerOne requesting official protection
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
smuggled · coyote · illegal entry · deportee · stateless · displaced person · economic migrant · paperless
sentinel
Guard who monitors
sentry · patrol · customs officer · checkpoint · gatekeeper · ranger · lookout · picket · keeper · ward
settler
One who colonizes territory
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- colonistPerson inhabiting new territory
frontiersman · outpost · territory · wilderness · marches · hinterland · backcountry · outback · frontier · edgeland
reiver
Cross-border cattle thief
- marauderOne who raids for loot
- freebooterMaritime plunderer seeking booty
- cattle rustlerOne who steals livestock
plunderer · bandit · outlaw · brigand · raider · pillager · skirmisher · guerrilla · irregular · feud
inhabitant
One who resides somewhere
crosser
One who goes over
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- asylum seekerOne requesting official protection
undocumented · smuggled · coyote · illegal entry · deportee · stateless · displaced person · economic migrant · paperless · human trafficking
- border enforcementSecuring territorial limits
- border townSettlement at territorial edge
- bordering onApproaching a state
- border onAlmost reach or resemble
- border collieHerding breed, exceptionally smart
- bordered onApproached the edge of
border, borders, bordering, bordered, borderline, borderland, borderless, borderlands, borderlines