outlander
nounEtymology 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.
1
A foreigner or alien.
- It will be observed that it does not say "inlanders" or "excluding outlanders"; it simply says "by Germans," an expression which covers both inlanders and outlanders "for passages in foreign ships."1940, Lloyd's List Law Reports:
2
A stranger or outsider.
- Synonyms
- outcomeling, outener, peregrine, fremd, strangeling
- Related terms
- barbarian