Outremer, according to Wikipedia, is a French terms that literally means “Overseas”. However, during the days of the Crusade, “Outremer” was often used in reference to captured and newly Christianized states.
This word gives me flash backs to a lot of things. First is the Crusade that resulted to thousands of people dead and the second is the realization that I am looking at one of the words whose meaning are not necessarily the exact translation of its dictionary definition.
This word gives me flash backs to a lot of things. First is the Crusade that resulted to thousands of people dead and the second is the realization that I am looking at one of the words whose meaning are not necessarily the exact translation of its dictionary definition.
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