uitlander means A foreigner; outlander. It carries an Arena rating of 1387, earned across 8 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, uitlander ranks #3,412 of 42,747 for Qualifying, #5,322 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #5,335 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #6,527 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound.
uitlander is pronounced /ˈaɪtˌlæn dəɹ/.
Why “uitlander” is a great word
A foreigner, specifically a British settler in the 19th-century Boer republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. From Afrikaans uitlander ("foreigner"), from Dutch uitlander ("foreigner"), from uit ("out") + land ("land, country") + -er (agent suffix); attested in English since 1890. Unlike "outlander"—a general, almost archaic term for a stranger—or the neutral, modern "immigrant," *uitlander* is a cipher of colonial grievance, a label of permanent exclusion. It evokes the dust of the Witwatersrand, the clatter of a stamp mill, and the brittle paperwork of a residency permit that is never quite enough—a word for one who is perpetually 'out of the land,' an economic necessity but a political ghost.
Etymology
Attested since 1890. From Afrikaans uitlander (“foreigner”), from Dutch uitlander (“foreigner”). Cognate and confluenced with outlander.
noun
- A foreigner; outlander.
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