foreigner

noun

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for·eign·er | \ ˈfȯr-ə-nər

, ˈfär- \

Definition of foreigner

1 : a person belonging to or owing allegiance to a foreign country

2 chiefly dialectal : one not native to a place or community : stranger sense 1c

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Synonyms & Antonyms for foreigner

Synonyms

Antonyms

native

Examples of foreigner in a Sentence

I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts.

Recent Examples on the Web We can no longer be called the perpetual foreigner. — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021 Maybe for a foreigner the best villa could be room 202, which is higher and has a full sea view. — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 30 July 2021 President Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order authorizing sanctions against any foreigner engaged in illicit drug trafficking or production. — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2021 Eating the very best thieboudienne struck me as a foreigner’s rite of passage, then, from outsider looking in to an individual participating within the group. — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021 He's also filed for humanitarian parole, a temporary legal status to bring a foreigner into the U.S. for emergency reasons, for his sons, brother, and mother, who had stopped her cancer treatment in India to return to Afghanistan. — Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2021 But the current owner (Cary Elwes) isn't keen on handing over his property to a foreigner. — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2021 Where the foreigner sees the boys as perfectly emblematic of Afghan hardship for his National Geographic-style feature, Hewad sees in his lens an invitation to celebrity. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Nov. 2021 Until recently, being a foreigner, especially American, provided a certain degree of protection from violence since criminals didn’t want to get on the wrong side of the U.S. — Ingrid Arnesen, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021

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