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

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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