fringe dweller

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English

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Etymology

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Compound of fringe +‎ dweller.

Noun

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fringe dweller (plural fringe dwellers)

  1. (Australia) An Aboriginal person living on the outskirts of a town or other settlement.
    • 1961, Nene Gare, title:
      The Fringe Dwellers.
    • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 27:
      Over time, they all became fringe dwellers living next to the rich white man's municipality, all squatting next to Angel Day's lake, on her so-called land, where she reigned like a queen over her dominion.