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单词 out-of-towner
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out-of-townern.

Brit. /ˌaʊtə(v)ˈtaʊnə/, U.S. /ˌaʊdə(v)ˈtaʊnər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out of town adv., adj., and n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < out of town adv., adj., and n. + -er suffix1. Compare earlier outen-towner n., downtowner n. at downtown adv., adj., and n. Derivatives.
A person originating from or living outside a particular town.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > person from outside a town
out-of-townera1911
out of town1966
a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. vi. 162 Except ‘out-of-towners’, the married men were the chief support of their profession.
1941 Reader's Digest May 29/1 Sometimes out-of-towners leave no tip at all.
1958 Manch. Guardian 7 June 4/6 The out of towners swarm in and laugh in the wrong places.
1990 N.Y. Times 11 Jan. b1/1 Howard R. Leary..was the last out-of-towner appointed to that post.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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