outlander
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Etymology
From outland + -er. In certain uses, influenced by or a calque of the Dutch uitlander or Afrikaans uitlander. Also cognate with German Ausländer, Swedish utlänning and Danish udlænding. Doublet of uitlander.
Noun
outlander (plural outlanders)
- A foreigner or alien.
- 1940, Lloyd's List Law Reports:
- It will be observed that it does not say "inlanders" or "excluding outlanders"; it simply says "by Germans," an expression which covers both inlanders and outlanders "for passages in foreign ships."
- A stranger or outsider.
Synonyms
- (foreigner): outcomeling, outener, peregrine (dated); see also Thesaurus:foreigner
- (outsider): fremd, strangeling; see also Thesaurus:outcast
See also
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