outlander
3 synonyms for outlander, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A person from another country.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
noncitizen
Etymology
Formed from outland and the suffix -er. In some uses it is influenced by, or a calque of, Dutch uitlander or Afrikaans uitlander. It is also cognate with German Ausländer, Swedish utlänning and Danish udlænding, and is a doublet of uitlander.
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