Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outlander

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: out-lander
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A foreigner or alien.

noun

A stranger or outsider.

Example Sentences

"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.""

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.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

outlanders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

barbarian

Synonyms

outcomeling outener peregrine fremd strangeling foreigner alien noncitizen

Questions

What does outlander mean?: A foreigner or alien.
Where does outlander come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

How to pronounce outlander

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