foreigner
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈfɔːrɪnər/
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forastero
- That's the way a foreigner talks.
- foreigner and outsider
- anti-foreigner
- fear of foreigners
Can you see that you are a foreigner, You are not a true American?
- Can you see that you are a foreigner, You are not a true American?
- Having said that, I also look like someone that has this like perpetual foreigner label stuck to them.
- And that deity represents foreigners, chaos, the desert, and ostensibly evil.
- And what I always appreciate is that, you know, I was not in the end, the foreigner in the group.
- This and the pretence that I can't hear them, and I can't because I'm, after all, a foreigner to them.
- Now, I'm no foreigner to Allen keys.
- So it makes, it makes everyone is sort of involuntary foreigner.
- We don't see ourselves as, as you know, naive or ignorant or confused foreigners, you know, people.
- So if they see you foreigner, we're going to give them a more excuse to quest and ask and to check us the Pakistani agency.
Examples
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But you'll look at me with a foreigner's eyes
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Among Iraqi Kurds, 51 percent of those polled said they would prefer not to have foreigners as neighbors.
Academic text (2009) -
The separation between "us" and "them," between "Japanese" and "foreigner" is still very strong.
Academic text (1994) -
You are foreigners in a foreign city, and you look the part.
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I'm an outsider to the community, a white man, and a foreigner. "I know that very well."
Fiction book (1994) -
But maybe it's a local delicacy and I'm just a dumb foreigner, but it tastes really bad.
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The story emphasizes the acceptance of foreigners into early Etruscan society and points to Tarquinia's importance.
Academic text (2010) -
As a foreigner in a new country, she often felt out of place and struggled to make friends.
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He was a foreigner visiting for the first time, captivated by the culture and language.
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Many foreigners attend the festival to experience the local traditions and hospitality.
Synonyms
283
4.1
A person who is not accepted by a group or community
125
4.4
A person who feels they do not belong in a group or place
17
8.9
A person who goes into a place or situation where they are not wanted
11
9.4
A person who is not welcome in a place, often for official reasons
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8.8
A person from another country who is not part of the local community
5
5.1
Not accepted by a group or community
A person who is not wanted in a place or group
A person who is excluded from a caste or social group and treated as outside society
Antonyms
Compounds
- Slur
A name used as a joke or insult for a foreigner, especially by British people
How Accepted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Foreigner comes from foreign and the Latin root foris meaning 'outside', so it can also mean an 'outsider', someone who is not accepted as part of a group.