out-of-towner

noun

out-of-town·er | \ ˌau̇t-əv-ˈtau̇-nər

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: a visitor to a town or city from another place : someone from out of town … nobody likes an out-of-towner who comes in and acts like a know-it-all.— Jon Margolis The city is quite warm and springlike on this February afternoon, and it seems to be full of out-of-towners who have drifted in for the Washington's Birthday weekend.— E. B. White

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