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Outer

//ˈaʊtə// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Outside; external.
  2. 2
    comparative form of out (“(more) open about one's sexuality, etc”): more out comparative, form-of

    "And 'I like to wear a silly hat; I get camper by the hour. I'm Will Young and I'm gay. Did you know I was gay? I hid it for a while. But now I'm out, I'm outer than you would believe'.[…]"

  3. 3
    Farther from the centre of the inside.

    "Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house."

Adjective
  1. 1
    being on or toward the outside of the body wordnet
  2. 2
    being on the outside or further from a center wordnet
  3. 3
    located outside wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An outer part.

    "'Phil Cornish' [a snowdrop variety] is like a cross between a pixie hat and a pagoda, with elegant upswept outers [outer petals] marked in a green colour-wash at the top and warpaint slashes at the lower end."

  2. 2
    Someone who admits to something publicly.
  3. 3
    An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
  4. 4
    Someone who outs another.

    "From the early 90s, these were some of the fiercest debates raging in the gay press and in gay and straight bars worldwide as blabbermouths blabbed, sometimes just for the sheer hell of it, and gay celebrities ran for cover or bit the bullet and pipped the outers to the post."

  5. 5
    The fourth circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
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  1. 6
    One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
  2. 7
    A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
  3. 8
    An ouster; dispossession.
  4. 9
    The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.

    "We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each."

  5. 10
    One who supports leaving the European Union. UK

    "The 51.4 per cent to 48.6 per cent victory of the "outers" broke the back of the Labour government."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English outre, outer, outter, uttre, from Old English ūtre, ūtera, ūterra (“outer”), equivalent to out + -er. Compare German äußere (“outer”), Danish ydre (“outer”), Swedish yttre (“outer”), Icelandic ytri (“outer”). Piecewise doublet of utter.

Etymology 2

From Middle English outre, outer, outter, uttre, from Old English ūtre, ūtera, ūterra (“outer”), equivalent to out + -er. Compare German äußere (“outer”), Danish ydre (“outer”), Swedish yttre (“outer”), Icelandic ytri (“outer”). Piecewise doublet of utter.

Etymology 3

out (verb) + -er (“agent suffix”)

Etymology 4

From out (adjective) + -er (“comparative suffix”).

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