uitlander

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

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.

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

Historical Examples of uitlander

The Boer left it to the Kaffir, and the uitlander had better things to think about.
The African Colony
John Buchan
The simile of the bird of prey is more applicable to the Boer than to the Uitlander.
Boer Politics
Yves Guyot
What Uitlander then could ever have obtained his naturalisation?
Boer Politics
Yves Guyot
Everybody else had been heard and judged, the Uitlander had only been judged.
The Transvaal from Within
J. P. Fitzpatrick
Sovran woman is the Uitlander of civilization—and man is her Boer.
Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O
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British Dictionary definitions for uitlander

uitlander

noun

(sometimes capital) Southern African a foreigner; alien

Word Origin for uitlander

C19: Afrikaans: outlander

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