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

Synonyms of foreigner

• stranger

Examples of foreigner in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

In Japan, a gaijin (foreigner) is on their own. —Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026

Iraqi militias had also kidnapped foreigners before the war. —Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026

More than half the Jews living there during the Holocaust, however, were foreigners – including nearly 100,000 refugees who had recently fled Nazi violence. —Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026

One of the few foreigners allowed to live in the desert kingdom then was David Mulford, a young investment banker hired in 1975 by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), the nation’s central bank, as an adviser. —Paul Blustein, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing foreigner

• anti-foreigner

Rhymes for foreigner

• coroner

Kids Definition

foreigner

noun

for·​eign·​er ˈfȯr-ə-nər 

ˈfär-

: a person who is from a foreign country