Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun adjective From beyond the sea; foreign; outlandish: as, beyond-sea words.
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Examples
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And (simple as he stands here) was made doctor beyond sea.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence
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Such questions generally related to some real or alleged encroachment upon popular liberties by the royal governor, who, being appointed and sent from beyond sea, was apt to have ideas and purposes of his own that conflicted with those of the people.
Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins John Fiske 1871
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_ I am glad, since we have so much in the same kind to answer for, that this bit of horticultural rhetoric is from beyond sea.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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It was in little repute among us, till judgments in its favour came from beyond sea, and convinced us, to our shame, that we had been abusing and laughing at one of the greatest men of the age.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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