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outporter

British  
/ ˈaʊtˌpɔːtə /

noun

  1. an inhabitant or native of a Newfoundland outport

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About twenty minutes after this, an outporter in Castle Hill Avenue was accosted by a young man, with a pale, desperate face, an exquisitely rolled umbrella and a heavy Gladstone bag.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

It is, then, to the outporter, to the men of the fleet and to the Labrador liveyere that Doctor Grenfell devotes himself.

From Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman by Duncan, Norman