Meanings
nounoutcomer (plural outcomers)
plural outcomers
- In China, a person who comes from another place; an outsider.
It is possible that the close-knit network of “the locals” has also had an effect on the “outcomers”.
2014, Sihua Liang, Language Attitudes and Identities in Multilingual China, page 1571 more example
Consequently, most of the young outcomers in the modern novels finally return to the traditional rural space after having experienced a wonderful yet perilous journey in the metropolitan concessions of Shanghai.
2022, Spatial Literary Studies in China, page 232
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