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foreigner
/ ˈfɒrɪnə /
noun
- a person from a foreign country; alien
- an outsider or interloper
- something from a foreign country, such as a ship or product
Word History and Origins
Origin of foreigner1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The president of Mongolia is one foreigner who may not be invited back to Kim Il Sung University anytime soon.
Generally, the foreigner is a class of person often aligned with other vulnerable populations like widows and orphans.
He was the only foreigner in such a powerful government position in the Congo.
Yeonmi was forbidden from using computers in the town center because she was a foreigner.
A foreigner such as Bartholdi viewed the abolition of slavery as Liberty achieved in the United States.
Not, indeed, until the foreigner's foot was on the step preparatory to mounting did Garnache speak.
Ye told me that he only kepit twa sairvents: a cook, hoosekeper, who lived awe', an' a man—a foreigner?
A foreigner with an imperfect knowledge of English naturally prefers a doctor to whom he can speak in his own tongue.
"You certainly have been very successful over here, Doctor," observed the foreigner, whose English had been acquired in America.
Ill wager that greasy foreigner has got a wife and ten childrenand neglects them.
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