uitlander

[ ahyt-lan-der, oit-; Dutch œit-lahn-duh r ]

/ ˈaɪtˌlæn dər, ˈɔɪt-; Dutch ˈœɪtˌlɑn dər /

noun (often initial capital letter)

a foreigner, especially a British settler in the Boer republics prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa.

Nearby words

uintaite, uintathere, uisliu, uisnech, uit, uitlander, uitzilopochtli, ujamaa village, ujiji, ujjain, ujpest

Origin of uitlander

1890–95; < Afrikaans < obsolete Dutch, equivalent to uit out + land land + -er -er¹

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Examples from the Web for uitlander

Viewed from this standpoint the Uitlander grievances were an inexhaustibly rich and payable mine.
A Century of Wrong|F. W. Reitz
Had it remained so, it is safe to say that there would never have been either an Uitlander question or a great Boer war.
The Great Boer War|Arthur Conan Doyle
The education of Uitlander children is made subject to impossible conditions.
The War in South Africa|Arthur Conan Doyle
He was surrounded, beaten, and captured with all his followers, whereupon the "Uitlander" malcontents also laid down their arms.
A History of England|Charles Oman

As gunpowder answers to the spark so the indignation of the Uitlander community broke out.
The Transvaal from Within|J. P. Fitzpatrick

British Dictionary definitions for uitlander

uitlander

/ (ˈeɪtˌlandə, -ˌlæn-, ˈɔɪt-) /

noun

(sometimes capital) Southern African a foreigner; alien

Word Origin for uitlander

C19: Afrikaans: outlander

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