foreigner

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)//
United States//ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ//
United States//ˈfɔɹ.ə.nɚ//
//ˈfɑɹ.ɪ.nɚ//

A person from a foreign country.

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.

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.

Forms

plural: foreigners

forecast · To estimate how something will be in the future.forehead · The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the…foreign · Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

foreigner · A person from a foreign country.

foreman · A workplace leader. The leader of a work crew.Foreman · A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was…foremost · Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.

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