Foreigner definition

fôrə-nər, fŏr-
foreigners
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One who is from outside a particular group or community; an outsider.
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A person from another country, thought of as an outsider; alien.
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Any person regarded as an outsider or stranger.
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One who is from a foreign country or place.
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The definition of a foreigner is a person born in a different country, or an outsider.

A person from Europe visiting the U.S. is an example of a foreigner.

A person who is new to a club and who has not yet been accepted by those in the club he has joined is an example of a foreigner.

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A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
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A person from a foreign country.
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Noun

Singular:
foreigner
Plural:
foreigners

Foreigner Sentence Examples

  • The power of the foreigner in Arabia was broken..

  • The French doctor held no taper; he was leaning against one of the columns in a respectful attitude implying that he, a foreigner, in spite of all differences of faith, understood the full importance of the rite now being performed and even approved of it.

  • Until then I had been like a foreigner speaking through an interpreter.

  • He shall divide them by tribes in the land, and no stranger and foreigner shall dwell with them; he shall judge the nations in wisdom and righteousness.

  • As a foreigner he was from the first out of sympathy with the majority of his subjects.

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