outlander

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noun

A foreigner or alien.

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fremdoutcomelingoutenerperegrinestrangelingforeigneraliennoncitizen
OriginDutch uitlander ← Afrikaans uitlander →
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Meanings

nounoutlander (plural outlanders)

plural outlanders

  1. A foreigner or alien.

    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."

    1940, Lloyd's List Law Reports
  2. A stranger or outsider.

    Synonyms: fremd

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA stranger or outsider.

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fremd

foreigner

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outcomeling
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outenerperegrinestrangeling

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

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foreigneraliennoncitizen
Broader
travelertraveller
Also see
alienbarbarianexpatriateforeignerjohnny foreignernoncitizennoninhabitantnonlocalnonnationalnon-residentnonresidentoutcomelingouteneroutsiderperegrinestrangeling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Afrikaansuitlander
  2. Dutchuitlander
  3. Englishoutlander

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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