首页英语词典outlanderoutlander的意思

outlander

英 ['aʊtlændə] 美['aʊt,lændɚ]
  • n. 外国人;局外人

英英释意


1. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

英文词源


outlander (n.)
1590s, "foreigner," from outland (see outlandish) + -er (1). Probably on model of Dutch uitlander, German ausländer. In South African English it had a specific sense of "not of Boer birth" (1892) and was a loan-translation of S.African Dutch uitlander.