outlander

Example Sentences

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Claire is an outlander in more than one sense: an Englishwoman in a suspicious Scots clan, and a spirited woman in a patriarchal society.

From Time • Aug. 7, 2014

Like the greenest outlander, I gaped, surprised by sights that should have been long familiar.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2012

I had been doing this forever, but I was still an outsider, still an outlander.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2012

Ride, acceleration and handling: The outlander is good in all three categories when used as designed.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2010

An even worse breach of etiquette on the part of the outlander is to intimate that an earthquake preceded the great fire.

From Roughing it De Luxe by McCutcheon, John T.