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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

With the true instinct of the outlander, he reasoned that the horseman had headed for the old trail to the Blue, as the tracks led diagonally toward the south.

From Sundown Slim by Fischer, Anton Otto

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