FOREIGNER

foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander

(noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

foreigner, outsider

(noun) someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

foreigner (plural foreigners)

A person from a foreign country.

A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

Synonyms

• (person from a foreign country): alien, metĹ“cus, outlander, outsider, stranger; see also foreigner

Source: Wiktionary


For"eign*er, n.

Definition: A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger. Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham. Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater luster, either to foreigners or subjects. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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