OUTERS

Noun

outers

plural of outer

Anagrams

• Souter, Toures, ouster, rouets, routes, souter, touser, trouse

Source: Wiktionary


OUTER

Out"er, a. [Compar. of Out.] Etym: [AS. , compar. of , adv., out. See Out, Utter, a.]

Definition: Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.

Out"er, n. (a) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye. (b) A shot which strikes the outer of a target.

Out"er, n. Etym: [From Out, v.]

Definition: One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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