Outdweller
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Outdweller is a noun meaning One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere.
Meaning
One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere.
More Meanings
- One who lives outside the current locale; an outsider or non-citizen.
Example Sentences
To leave unknown seamen to drown was one thing, but Beornwulf was a Seals' Island man, and outdweller or no, he was kin to many of them.
A sad-looking outdweller walks into a pub and sits down at the counter. The barman is a professional, and pretends not to be shocked to see his backward and filthy visitor.
Even in the case with which we started, the outdweller from civilization, who supplies all his own wants and those of his family, produces only for his and their consumption.
Item it is ordained that noe burgesses nor burgess shall sell any peice nor parcell of hay at Kimley Meade or Kevencribor to any burgess being an outdweller from the said burrough nor to any stranger nor foreigner upon pain of discomyneing .
Word Forms
- outdwellers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include absentee, heritor, foreign, bydweller, outlandisher, outland.
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