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
Examples of foreigner in a Sentence
I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts.
Recent Examples on the Web
Section 702 permits the US government to wiretap communications between Americans and foreigners overseas.
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Dell Cameron, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2024
But because those foreigners often contact Americans, domestic data is also swept up in collection as well.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
It’s supposed to be used to spy on foreigners—NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden made sure the world knew about that use case—but White House privacy advisers made clear at the time that Americans’ communications are also often scooped up.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
The rift was worsened by an Israeli airstrike last week on an aid convoy that killed seven workers with the World Central Kitchen charity, most of them foreigners.
—Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
His celebration of foreigners comes after a crackdown by the Italian government, amid plans to send some migrants who are rescued in the Mediterranean by Italian ships to detention centers in Albania.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
In 2022, foreigners accounted for 6.8% of the population but made up 10.1% of the total number of contributors to social security.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
An influx of foreigners in Kyiv—from aid workers to entrepreneurs—accentuates the disconnect.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Persuading foreigners to work in Mexican agriculture may not be easy, however.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Dell Cameron, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2024
But because those foreigners often contact Americans, domestic data is also swept up in collection as well.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
It’s supposed to be used to spy on foreigners—NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden made sure the world knew about that use case—but White House privacy advisers made clear at the time that Americans’ communications are also often scooped up.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
The rift was worsened by an Israeli airstrike last week on an aid convoy that killed seven workers with the World Central Kitchen charity, most of them foreigners.
—Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
His celebration of foreigners comes after a crackdown by the Italian government, amid plans to send some migrants who are rescued in the Mediterranean by Italian ships to detention centers in Albania.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
In 2022, foreigners accounted for 6.8% of the population but made up 10.1% of the total number of contributors to social security.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
An influx of foreigners in Kyiv—from aid workers to entrepreneurs—accentuates the disconnect.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Persuading foreigners to work in Mexican agriculture may not be easy, however.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
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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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