uitlander

American  

[ahyt-lan-der, oit-, œit-lahn-duhr] / ˈaɪtˌlæn dər, ˈɔɪt-, ˈœɪtˌlɑn dər /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

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

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uitlander British  

/ ˈeɪtˌlandə, ˈɔɪt-, -ˌlæn- /

noun

1. (sometimes capital) a foreigner; alien

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Etymology

Origin of uitlander

1890–95; < Afrikaans < obsolete Dutch, equivalent to uit out + land land + -er -er ¹

Example Sentences

Uitlander, the Dutch form of Outlander.

From Project Gutenberg

Some very interesting particulars regarding raising of some of the Colonial Corps were elicited from Mr. W. Hosken, who was chairman of the Uitlander Council and the Chamber of Commerce at Johannesburg.

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“Now, Jack, you must do just as you like while you are here,” said Mr Hunter a few days after they had reached this modern city in which the Uitlander population of the Transvaal had, for the most part, taken up its residence.

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Having inspected the outside of the cases, Jack’s suspicions led him to test the weight of one of them, for, like every other Uitlander, he had heard that quantities of ammunition and arms were being secretly imported by the Boers.

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Very soon, I fear, the Transvaal will be an unsafe country for Englishmen, and if we, together with the foreigners of all nationalities who make up the Uitlander population, are compelled to fly over the borders, it will mean ruin for us all.

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