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outlander

American  
[out-lan-der] / ˈaʊtˌlæn dər /

noun

  1. a foreigner; alien.

  2. an outsider; stranger.

outlander British  
/ ˈaʊtˌlændə /

noun

  1. a foreigner or stranger

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Etymology

Origin of outlander

First recorded in 1590–1600; outland + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Kingsolver said she knew firsthand Demon’s emotional landscape, particularly the humiliations of being a teenage outlander and the cruelty of your peers.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Claire is an outlander in more than one sense: an Englishwoman in a suspicious Scots clan, and a spirited woman in a patriarchal society.

From Time • Aug. 7, 2014

I had been doing this forever, but I was still an outsider, still an outlander.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2012

Ride, acceleration and handling: The outlander is good in all three categories when used as designed.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2010

Years in Scotland and the United States had left their stamp on me, and my family and old friends chaffed me about being an "outlander," telling me that now I was an American.

From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe

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