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outlander

out·lan·der

uncommon

noun

1.

a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

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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.

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