Meanings
outremer1
Outremer2
- historicalThe French Crusader States established in the Middle East after the First Crusade.
Life for ordinary barons in Outremer Jerusalem was probably better than for kings in Europe, where even potentates wore unlaundered wool and lived in bare-stone draughty keeps with rough furniture.
2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 2691 more example
After the capture of Jerusalem, the genuine pilgrims had begun to trickle home; the Franks who remained in Outremer (as the Crusader lands in the Middle East had come to be called) were military adventurers, now out for what they could get.
1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin, page 260
Origin
outremer · noun
- Frenchoutremer
- Frenchoutremer
- Englishoutremer
Borrowed from French outremer.
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- Frenchoutre-mer“beyond the sea”
- EnglishOutremer
From French outre-mer (“beyond the sea”), from outre (“beyond”) and mer (“sea”).
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