单词 | outlander |
释义 | outlandern. 1. A person from outside one's own town, area, or region (now rare); a foreigner, stranger, outsider. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider > from another country outlandishOE WelshmanlOE outlandish manc1300 foreign?a1400 strangerc1460 foreigner1483 outborna1557 tramontane1593 transmarine1596 outlander1598 outlandisher1599 exotic1651 Outalian1668 furriner1849 Dutchman1857 Uitlander1892 Johnny Foreigner1899 non-patrial1971 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pellegrino..a stranger, an alien, an outlander, an outlandish man. 1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one v. sig. H4 Cheifly dice, those true outlanders, That shake out Beggars, Theeues and Panders. 1668 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 148 Francis Dryer (an outlander, born at Breme, now a sojourner in Oxon). 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 213 John de Coloribus, who by birth was an Out~lander, and by profession a Black-Fryar. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iii. iii. 191 The outlanders rode through the streets with their drawn swords. 1887 H. R. Haggard Allan Quatermain 198 Thou art an outlander and therefore do I speak without shame. 1937 S. MacManus Bold Blades of Donegal 246 On the Brown Knowe, a mile and a half from Knockagar..for the convenience of the Outlanders, the mountaineers. 1964 Listener 24 Sept. 453/2 Mr [Robert] Kennedy is of course Boston Irish... He lives in Virginia... He saw the beguiling prospect of a Senate seat in New York. This State now echoes..with the cry of ‘carpet-bagger’ and ‘outlander’. 1992 New Republic 6 Apr. 18/1 Tsongas, with his anti-political railings, had offended the local political culture, defining him as an outlander. 2. South African. Before the war of 1899–1902: a foreigner settled or sojourning in the South African Republic. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > alien outlander1892 Uitlander1892 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Oct. 3/3 At Johannesburg this National Union has been formed, comprising not only ‘uitlanders’ (outlanders) but Boers. 1896 Daily Tel. 1 Feb. 6/7 The racial antagonism between Boers and Outlanders. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 25 Apr. 1/2 If this is so, we may indeed dry our eyes about Outlander grievances. 1899 Daily News 1 June 5/1 The Outlander population in the Transvaal. 1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. IV. 138/1 The influx of loose-living miners (uitlanders or outlanders) precipitated political tensions which led to the Second Boer War. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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