单词 | outdweller |
释义 | outdwellern. Now archaic or historical. A person who lives outside or away from a certain place. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller outside or away from a place outmana1325 outlier1652 outdweller1682 absentee1898 1432–3 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1911) K. 162 Alle suche outeduellers..come to þis Cite and fro thennesforward continuelly dwelle þerinne and supporte þe charges þer of. 1501 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 100/1 To set ony parte of the said fischingis to maisterful men outdwellaris of the said burgh. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D Anie stranger or out-dweller. 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 163 If the Acceptant be an Out-dweller, (i.e. dwells in another place than where the Bill must be paid). 1895 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 387 The outdweller from civilization..produces only for his and their consumption. 1900 W. Watt Aberdeen & Banff iv. 90 All ‘outdwellers’ of the burgh were to be brought in as far as possible for the common defence. 1954 R. Sutcliff Eagle of Ninth xiii. 152 I am a great man in my tribe, though an outdweller. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1432 |
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