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Webster 1913 Edition
Alien
Al′ien
,Adj.
1.
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign;
as,
. alien
subjects, enemies, property, shores2.
Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; – followed by from or sometimes by to;
as, principles
. alien
from our religionAn
alien
sound of melancholy. Wordsworth.
Alien enemy
(Law)
, one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours.
Abbott.
Al′ien
,Noun.
1.
A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See
Alienage
. 2.
One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged;
as,
. aliens
from God’s merciesAliens
from the common wealth of Israel. Ephes. ii. 12.
Al′ien
,Verb.
T.
[F.
aliéner
, L. alienare
.] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
[R.]
“It the son alien lands.” Sir M. Hale.
The prince was totally
aliened
from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. Clarendon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Alien
A'LIEN
,Adj.
1.
Foreign; not belonging to the same country, land or government.2.
Belonging to one who is not a citizen.3.
Estranged; foreign; not allied; adverse to; as, principles alien from our religion.A'LIEN
,Noun.
1.
A foreigner; one born in, or belonging to, another country; one who is not a denizen, or entitled to the privileges of a citizen.2.
In scripture, one who is a stranger to the church of Christ, or to the covenant of grace.At that time, ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel. Eph. 2.
In France, a child born of residents who are not citizens, is an alien. In Great Britain, the children of aliens born in that country, are mostly natural born subjects; and the children of British subjects, owing allegiance to the crown of England, though born in other countries, are natural subjects, and entitled to the privileges or resident citizens.
Alien-duty, a tax upon goods imported by aliens, beyond the duty on the like goods imported by citizens; a discriminating duty on the tonnage of ships belonging to aliens, or any extra duties imposed by laws or edicts on aliens.