foreigner
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈfɔːrɪnər/
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extranjero
- As a foreigner, she often felt out of place in a new culture.
- citizens and foreigners
- rights of foreigners
- visiting foreigners
I'm a child of foreigners, immigrants from Jamaica.
- I'm a child of foreigners, immigrants from Jamaica.
- So it's not all foreigners that are involved.
- So why do these countries not want foreigners to buy their bonds?
- And they are set up to start processing these illegal foreigners, send them down.
- So you foreign companies and foreigners and Chinese citizens all cannot buy land.
- Well, adult free men who are not slaves, who are not resident foreigners, they have this great stuff.
- But this sort of this sort of treatment of foreigners, you can see very clearly in other passages.
- And because, like the agency I work for, they mostly recruited foreigners.
- Well, let's see, three food items that Japanese people find hilarious to watch foreigners try to eat.
- But why do you hate for why do you hate foreigners?
- To expel all foreigners from China and end the shameful concessions made to them.
- I can tell that for a lot of these tribes, they don't see foreigners that often.
Examples
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Do you know what it's like to be a foreigner in this country?
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Those rights do not all apply in the same way to foreigners coming here.
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It's impossible to explain to a foreigner.
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So it's not all foreigners that are involved.
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People began to open up to each other, with more and more foreigners allowed to visit each year.
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By the way, it's easier for foreigners to be admitted.
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The year 1979 saw China opening its doors to foreigners, especially teachers from the West.
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If the bill passes, will the petitions of foreigners be received here?
Academic text (2017) -
He was named the most influential foreigner of the year by Chinese Newsweek.
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Inhabitants of the United States may well be foreigners and noncitizens.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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3.3
A person from another country who is not a citizen where they live
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6.2
A person who lives in a country that is not their own
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5.5
A person who lives in another country by choice
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8.8
A person from another country who is not part of the local community
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4.1
A person who is not a citizen of a country, often living there
A person who is not a citizen of a country, often living there on a visa
Antonyms
Compounds
- Slur
A name used as a joke or insult for a foreigner, especially by British people
How Foreign
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Foreigner comes from the word foreign, which goes back to the Latin root foris meaning 'outside'. So a foreigner is someone who comes from 'outside' the country or is not a citizen.