noun
Meaning 1
A foreigner or alien.
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
outlander
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noun
Meaning 2
A stranger or outsider.
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noun
Meaning 3
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foreigner, alien, noncitizen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: traveler, traveller
Narrower terms: au pair, exile, deportee, gringo, import, importee, metic
History
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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