- Uitlander
- Uitlander Uit"land`er, n. [D. Cf. {Outlander}.] A foreigner; an outlander. [South Africa] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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Uitlander
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Uitlander — Uitlander, Afrikaans for outlander , was the name given to foreign migrant workers during the initial exploitation of the Witwatersrand gold fields in the Transvaal. Boer War These vast gold fields were discovered in 1886, within ten years the… … Wikipedia
uitlander — [ëit′län΄dər; ] E [ oit′lan΄dər, āt′lan΄dər, īt′lan΄dər] n. [Afrik < Du uit, out (for IE base see OUT) + land, land] in South Africa, a foreigner; specif., in the Transvaal, one who is not a Boer … English World dictionary
Uitlander — Le cimetière des uitlanders à Pilgrim s Rest, au Mpumalanga Le terme Uitlander, un mot afrikaans signifiant « étranger », fut utilisé pour désigner les travailleurs émigrants étrangers au cours de l exploitation des mines d or du… … Wikipédia en Français
uitlander — /uyt lan deuhr, oyt /; Du. /ueit lahn deuhrdd/, n. (often cap.) a foreigner, esp. a British settler in the Boer republics prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa. [1890 95; < Afrik < obs. D, equiv. to uit OUT + land LAND + er ER1] * * … Universalium
Uitlander — noun Etymology: Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch utelander foreigner, from utelant foreign territory, from ute out + lant land Date: 1892 foreigner; especially a British resident in the former republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State … New Collegiate Dictionary
Uitlander — Hollandsk for udlænding. Boernes navn på indvandrede fremmede i Sydafrika … Danske encyklopædi
Uitlander — n. foreigner (in South Africa) … English contemporary dictionary
uitlander — uit·land·er … English syllables
uitlander — uit•land•er [[t]ˈaɪtˌlæn dər, ˌlɑn , ˈɔɪt [/t]] n. why peo (often cap.) a foreigner, esp. a British settler in the former Boer republics • Etymology: 1890–95; < Afrik < D … From formal English to slang
uitlander — n. foreigner ; British resident in former Boer state … Dictionary of difficult words
