Outlander
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country wordnet
- 3 A stranger or outsider.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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.""
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.