outer

Adjective
Synonyms: outer(a)

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. being on the outside or further from a center“spent hours adorning the outer man”“the outer suburbs”Synonyms: outer(a)
  2. located outside“outer reality”
  3. being on or toward the outside of the body“the outer ear”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Outer \Out"er\ (out"[~e]r), a. [Compar. of Out.] [AS. [=u]tor, compar. of [=u]t, adv., out. See Out, Utter, a.] Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. [1913 Webster]

Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel. [1913 Webster]

Outer \Out"er\, n. (a) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye. (b) A shot which strikes the outer of a target. [1913 Webster]
Outer \Out"er\, n. [From Out, v.] One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession. [R.] [1913 Webster]
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