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Webster 1913 Edition


Foreigner

For′eign-er

,
Noun.
A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger.
Joy is such a
foreigner
,
So mere a stranger to my thoughts.
Denham.
Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater luster, either to
foreigners
or subjects.
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition


Foreigner

FOR'EIGNER

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Noun.
for'aner. A person born in a foreign country, or without the country or jurisdiction of which one speaks. A Spaniard is a foreigner in France and England. All men not born in the United States are to them foreigners, and they are aliens till naturalized. A naturalized person is a citizen; but we still call him a foreigner by birth.

Definition 2024


foreigner

foreigner

English

Noun

foreigner (plural foreigners)

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

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