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outlander

noun

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.

  1. derived from uitlander
  2. derived from uitlander

Definitions

  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."

  2. A stranger or outsider.

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