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outlander

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out⋅land⋅er

[out-lan-der]
–noun
1. a foreigner; alien.
2. an outsider; stranger.

Origin:
1590–1600; outland + -er 1

out⋅land

[n. out-land; adj. out-land, -luhnd]
–noun
1. Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.
2. (formerly) the outlying land of a feudal estate, usually granted to tenants.
3. a foreign land.
–adjective
4. outlying, as districts.
5. foreign.

Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE ūtland. See out-, land
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out·land·er   (out'lān'dər)   
n.  
  1. A person from a foreign country; a foreigner.

  2. A stranger.

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