outporter

Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a native or resident of an outport (def. 1).

See: bayman,outport(def. 1)

Quotations

1905

There is the Newfoundland 'outporter'--the small fisherman of the remoter coast, who must depend wholly upon his hook and line for subsistence.

1958

. . . many outporters still follow the custom of starting [Christmas Day] off with a breakfast of fish.