foreign-born

adjective

for·​eign-born ˌfȯr-ən-ˈbȯrn 

ˌfär-

: foreign by birth

Examples of foreign-born in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More than a fifth of the population is foreign-born, according to US Census estimates. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

Of that cohort, CSET found that 70 percent were foreign-born or foreign- educated. — Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Citizenship protections remain The denaturalization cases have sparked fear in Miami-Dade County, where over half of all residents are foreign-born. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Census data show a large majority of the city's population is foreign-born, while Venezuelans make up a substantial portion of its residents. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1692, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for foreign-born

• peppercorn
• unicorn
• waterborne
• winterbourne
• adorn
• airborne
• blackthorn
• broomcorn
• buckhorn
• buckthorn
• careworn
• firstborn