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outlander
This term carries a strong sense of alienation and perceived difference, often evoking a feeling of suspicion or curiosity. It is frequently used in literary or historical contexts to describe someone who is not just a foreigner, but a stranger to a specific, tight-knit community or a remote territory.
Because it emphasizes the distance from which the person originated, it suggests a boundary—physical or cultural—that has been crossed. It is less clinical than foreigner and more evocative of a narrative or folkloric setting where the arrival of an outsider disrupts the local status quo.
Meanings
Examples
The villagers looked upon the outlander with deep suspicion.
I am but a simple outlander seeking shelter for the night.
No outlander has ever crossed the Forbidden Peaks and survived.
He felt like an outlander in his own hometown after twenty years away.
The king refused to grant an audience to any outlander.
Who is this outlander who dares enter our sacred grove?
She was an outlander in a land where every tradition was foreign to her.
The ancient texts warn of an outlander who will bring the end of days.