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Outlander

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country wordnet
  3. 3
    A stranger or outsider.

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.

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