outlander

[ out-lan-der ]

noun

1. a foreigner; alien.
2. an outsider; stranger.

outlander

/ ˈaʊtˌlændə /

noun

1. a foreigner or stranger

Word History and Origins

Origin of outlander¹

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

Example Sentences

Go, while my heart remains soft, it is not so often that the heart of a Zerv is soft toward any outlander.

From Project Gutenberg

And the word "dude" was commonly used rather to differentiate an outlander from a native than in an exactly scornful sense.

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He knew from the foreign swagger of his clothes that the man was an outlander.

From Project Gutenberg

Out of its insularity it made occasional excursions to dinners and week-ends; even into marriage, now and then with an outlander.

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There was not an outlander dog for two miles in either direction that Rex had not at one time or another met and vanquished.

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Related Words

• foreigner
• outsider