noun
stranger; person from another place
Refers to someone from a different country or region; somewhat formal or literary. Not an everyday word for 'foreigner' (see 外国人).
村では他国者を珍しがった。
In the village, they were curious about the stranger from another place.
彼は他国者として冷たく扱われた。
He was treated coldly as an outsider from another land.
Common word for 'outsider' or 'stranger' within the same country; 他国者 explicitly implies a different country or distant region.
Compound of 他国 (takoku, 'another country') + 者 (mono, 'person'). The reading たこくもの follows standard rendaku for 者.