foreigner
noun
for·eign·er
ˈfȯr-ə-nər 
ˈfär-
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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Pappier says that Venezuela intensified detentions of foreigners after its presidential election in 2024 — a vote that Maduro has been widely accused of stealing.
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Manuel Rueda, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
That, indeed, seems a fairly broad opinion in Luxembourg, with just 670,000 people, nearly half of them foreigners.
—Vivienne Walt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Local retail investors were big sellers of Saudi stocks to foreigners in September, the latest stock exchange data show.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Manuel Rueda, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
That, indeed, seems a fairly broad opinion in Luxembourg, with just 670,000 people, nearly half of them foreigners.
—Vivienne Walt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Local retail investors were big sellers of Saudi stocks to foreigners in September, the latest stock exchange data show.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Nationalism has thrived under Chinese leader Xi Jinping, including on China’s tightly regulated social media platforms where moderate voices have been marginalized and online discourse can turn ugly when discussing foreigners.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for foreigner
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreigner. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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foreigner
noun
for·eign·er
ˈfȯr-ə-nər
ˈfär-
: a person who is from a foreign country
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