foreigner

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/
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/ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/ · /ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/ · /ˈfɔɹ.ə.nɚ/ · /ˈfɑɹ.ɪ.nɚ/

Definition of foreigner

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person from a foreign country.
    “For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.”
    “Though foreigners did play some part in fighting as mercenaries for Gadhafi during the bloody Libyan war, the IOM and local leaders in Chad say the vast majority of Chadians, like Mohammed, were working to send remittances home.”
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noun

  1. A person from a foreign country.
    “For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.”
    “Though foreigners did play some part in fighting as mercenaries for Gadhafi during the bloody Libyan war, the IOM and local leaders in Chad say the vast majority of Chadians, like Mohammed, were working to send remittances home.”
  2. A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

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Etymology

From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.

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