OUTLAND

Etymology 1

Adjective

outland (not comparable)

Provincial: from a province (of the same land).

Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.

(used with ethnic nationalities) Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.

Synonyms

• (living abroad): expatriate

Noun

outland (plural outlands)

(especially in the plural) Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.

Hypernyms

• (structural) land

Etymology 2

Verb

outland (third-person singular simple present outlands, present participle outlanding, simple past and past participle outlanded)

(martial arts) To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.

Anagrams

• Daulton

Source: Wiktionary


Out"land, a. Etym: [Out + land. See Outlandish.]

Definition: Foreign; outlandish. [Obs.] Strutt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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