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 one-third of New Yorkers are foreign-born, according to a 2026 city report. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026

Roughly one in five Floridians is foreign-born, and immigrants make up close to half the workforce in the industries the state runs on. — Paula De La Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Fearful of invading marauders, humankind has turned distrustful and stingy, ignoring Zeus’ command to show generosity toward the poor and foreign-born, a cornerstone of faith that would later be repurposed in the New Testament. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Images from those strikes show miners of varied racial and ethnic backgrounds – white and Black, American- and foreign-born – wearing red bandanas. — Catherine Simpson Bueker, The Conversation, 1 July 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