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[ fawr-uh-ner, for- ] / ˈfɔr ə nər, ˈfɒr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR foreigner ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien. a person from outside one's community. a thing produced in or brought from a foreign country. Nautical. a foreign vessel. Origin of foreignerFirst recorded in 1375–1425, foreigner is from the late Middle English word foreiner. See foreign, -er1 SYNONYMS FOR foreignerSEE SYNONYMS FOR foreigner ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for foreigner1. See stranger. Words nearby foreignerforeign bill, foreign body, foreign body granuloma, foreign-born, foreign correspondent, foreigner, foreign exchange, foreign-flag, foreignism, foreign legion, foreign minister Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for foreignerThe president of Mongolia is one foreigner who may not be invited back to Kim Il Sung University anytime soon. North Korea's Top College: Brainwash U|Justin Rohrlich|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Generally, the foreigner is a class of person often aligned with other vulnerable populations like widows and orphans. Pope Bids Refugees to EU ‘Bienvenido’; Europe Says ‘Non’|Candida Moss|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was the only foreigner in such a powerful government position in the Congo. A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo|Nina Strochlic|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yeonmi was forbidden from using computers in the town center because she was a foreigner. How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian State|Lizzie Crocker|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A foreigner such as Bartholdi viewed the abolition of slavery as Liberty achieved in the United States. 128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty|Elizabeth Mitchell|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST We were fools, he said, to be denied food and smoke by the foreigner. White Shadows in the South Seas|Frederick O'Brien He may be amused by a foreigner as by a monkey, but he will never condescend to study him with any patience. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9|Robert Louis Stevenson His objection to Gus was that he looked like a foreigner and never had done a day's work in his life. The Vision Spendid|William MacLeod Raine Henceforth, "they no longer have a stranger or a foreigner for their chief." The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 6 (of 6)|Hippolyte A. Taine He was not slow in discovering that I was a foreigner; and on his demanding whence I came, I told him. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II|G. R. Gleig
British Dictionary definitions for foreigner
nouna person from a foreign country; alien an outsider or interloper something from a foreign country, such as a ship or product Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to foreigneralien, outsider, immigrant, greenhorn, newcomer, stranger, outlander, incomer |