frontierswoman vs woman

frontierswoman and woman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
frontierswoman	Yes	No	No	No
woman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, woman is a hypernym of frontierswoman; that is, woman is a word with a broader meaning than frontierswoman:

Other hypernyms of frontierswoman include pioneer, adult female.

frontierswoman (noun)	woman (noun)
a woman who lives on the frontier	women as a class
	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
	a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man