Outremer

outremer outre-mer English Etymology From en fr outre-mer beyond the sea, from fr outre beyond and fr mer sea. Pronunciation en /ˈuːtɹəmɛː/ UK en /ˈutɹəmɛɹ/ US,Canada Proper noun en historical chiefly of France The French Crusader States established in the Middle East after the First Crusade. en 1997 After the capture of Jerusalem, the genuine pilgrims had begun to trickle home; the Franks who remained in Outremer (as the Crusader lands in the Middle East had come to be called) were military adventurers, now out for what they could get. John Julius Norwich A Short History of Byzantium Penguin 260 en 2011 Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East Simon Sebag Montefiore 269 Life for ordinary barons in Outremer Jerusalem was probably better than for kings in Europe, where even potentates wore unlaundered wool and lived in bare-stone draughty keeps with rough furniture.