as in stranger
a person who is not native to or known to a community
I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts
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Recent Examples of foreigner
Back in 2017, the journey to Paektu took us through remote farming villages where children ran away from our cameras — some likely having never seen a foreigner.
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Will Ripley, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Even though Kea is the Cycladic island closest to Athens, few foreigners have heard of it.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
On a sunny morning in late March, locals and foreigners gathered at a viewing station at the Miraflores Locks visitor center, one of the first sections of the canal where boats enter the Pacific mouth of the waterway.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Of all the teachings of the Bible, the most repeated are to serve the poor, care for foreigners, and make no idols.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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Will Ripley, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Even though Kea is the Cycladic island closest to Athens, few foreigners have heard of it.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
On a sunny morning in late March, locals and foreigners gathered at a viewing station at the Miraflores Locks visitor center, one of the first sections of the canal where boats enter the Pacific mouth of the waterway.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Of all the teachings of the Bible, the most repeated are to serve the poor, care for foreigners, and make no idols.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreigner. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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