Definition of outlandernext
as in stranger
a person who is not native to or known to a community although we have lived in the village for years, to the natives whose families have been here for generations, we are still outlanders

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Recent Examples of outlander The essay is so classically a New York story, a journal entry about an outlander’s temporary harmonic alignment with a place that most Americans only recognize from their televisions. — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021 Now wife, mother, and surgeon, Claire is still an outlander, out of place, and out of time, but now, by choice, linked by love to her only anchor—Jamie Fraser. — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Jan. 2019
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Noun
  • Sitting in one of the ship’s myriad bars and talking to strangers is one of the most interesting, and often lovely, things a person can do on board.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • They are being asked to enter unusually intimate physical situations with a succession of strangers.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The effort would target B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026 to foreigners who later sought asylum.
    — Louis Casiano , Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In Europe, multiethnic capitals are pilloried by the far right as demographic time bombs, ground zero for invasions of unwanted foreigners.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Outlander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlander. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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