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outlander

outlander noun: a foreigner or alien.

Noun

outlander (plural outlanders)

  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:
    fremd

outlander meaning in Tamil

outlander in Tamil

வெளிநாட்டவர்

Synonyms of outlander

All synonyms of outlander

Forms of outlander

pluraloutlanders

Plural of outlander: outlanders

Origin of outlander

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.

Questions about outlander

What does outlander mean?
Outlander means a foreigner or alien.
What is outlander in Tamil?
Outlander in Tamil is வெளிநாட்டவர். See Outlander meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is outlander?
Outlander is a noun.
What is the plural of outlander?
The plural of outlander is outlanders.

Words near outlander in the dictionary

  1. outlances
  2. outlancing
  3. outland
  4. outland Germans
  5. outlanded
  6. outlander
  7. outlanders
  8. outlanding
  9. outlandish
  10. outlandisher
  11. outlandishers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outlander (page history and authors); outlander (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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