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outlander|ˈaʊtləndə(r)|
[Appears about 1600: perh. of Eng. formation, but prob. suggested by Du. uitlander (in Kilian uutlander), Ger. ausländer, and often virtually representing these words.]
a. A man of foreign nationality; a foreigner, alien, stranger.
1598Florio Worlde of Wordes 265/1 Pellegrino..a stranger, an alien, an outlander, an outlandish man. 1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. 218 Eltheodisc-men. Aliens, outlanders, men borne in other countries. 1608Middleton Trick to Catch Old One v. ii, Chiefly dice, those true out⁓landers, That shake out beggars, thieves, and panders. 1612Ainsworth Annot. Ps. xviii. 45 Aliens, outlanders, strangers from the Commonwealth of Israel. 1668Wood Life 30 Dec. (O.H.S.) II. 148 Franc. Dryer (an outlander, borne at Breme) now a sojournour in Oxon. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 213 John de Coloribus, who by birth was an Out⁓lander, and by profession a Black-Fryar. 1848Lytton Harold iii. iii, The outlanders rode through the streets with drawn swords. 1887Rider Haggard A. Quatermain 198 Thou art an outlander and therefore do I speak without shame. 1909W. Tuckwell Pre-Tractarian Oxford iii. 59 Unfortunate outlanders whose digestion of the dinner and relish of the port wine were spoiled by these animated dialectics, went away complaining that Oriel Common Room stunk of Logic. 1930Time & Tide 20 Sept. 1167, I think, if it is not an impertinence for an outlander to make a suggestion, that England does need [etc.]. 1938Englische Studien LXXII. 323 The printed page marks the outlander by the use of italics and preservation of the French accents. 1952G. Wilson Julien Ware 117 But, having admitted this outlander to his home and table, Mr. Craig felt it necessary to talk for his education and profit. 1964Listener 24 Sept. 453/2 Mr [Robert] Kennedy is of course Boston Irish... He lives in Virginia... He saw the beguiling prospect of a Senate seat in New York. This State now echoes..with the cry of ‘carpet-bagger’ and ‘outlander’. 1976Ibid. 15 July 38/2 He tried to go to New York to the big law firms and they turned him down—he was an outlander from California. 1976Verbatim Sept. 8/a In three essays on the phonology of Georgia place-names, Goff discusses local designations, recording divided usage,..and clarifying accentuation when needed. Outlanders are given the preferred native pronunciations of Albany (‘All' benny’), Aragon (‘Arrow'gun’ or ‘Arrer'gun’), Schley (‘Sly'’), and Taliaferro/Bolivar (which make a perfect rhyme in Georgia).
b. In reference to South African politics, a rendering of Du. uitlander, as applied, before the war of 1899–1902, to aliens settled or sojourning in the South African Republic.
1892Pall Mall G. 10 Oct. 3/3 At Johannesburg this National Union has been formed, comprising not only ‘uitlanders’ (outlanders) but Boers. 1896Daily Tel. 1 Feb. 6/7 The racial antagonism between Boers and Outlanders. 1899Daily News 24 Apr. 6/6 At the time of the restoration to the Boers of their internal independence, ‘outlanders’ and others enjoyed equal rights.
attrib.1899Westm. Gaz. 25 Apr. 1/2 If this is so, we may indeed dry our eyes about Outlander grievances. 1899Daily News 1 June 5/1 The Outlander population in the Transvaal. |