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outstander

outstander noun: something outstandingly good.

Noun

outstander (plural outstanders)

  1. Something outstandingly good.
  2. (Scotland, obsolete) One who persistently opposes something.
    • About this time, the old constable of Dundee being aged and sickly, was carried by coach, unable to ride, to Edinburgh, because he was an outstander against the covenant.1829, John Spalding, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland, in the Reign of Charles I, page 180

Forms of outstander

pluraloutstanders

Origin of outstander

From outstand + -er.

Questions about outstander

What does outstander mean?
Outstander means something outstandingly good.
What part of speech is outstander?
Outstander is a noun.
What is the plural of outstander?
The plural of outstander is outstanders.

Words near outstander in the dictionary

  1. outstable
  2. outstabled
  3. outstables
  4. outstabling
  5. outstand
  6. outstander
  7. outstanders
  8. outstanding
  9. outstandingly
  10. outstandingness
  11. outstandings

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