What does Foreigner mean?
Definitions for Foreigner
ˈfɔr ə nər, ˈfɒr-for·eign·er
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Foreigner.
Princeton's WordNet
foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlandernoun
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
foreigner, outsidernoun
someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
Wiktionary
foreignernoun
A person from a foreign country.
foreignernoun
A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Foreignernoun
A man that comes from another country; not a native; a stranger.
Etymology: from foreign.
Joy is such a foreigner,
So mere a stranger to my thoughts, I know
Not how to entertain him. John Denham, Sophy.To this false foreigner you give your throne,
And wrong a friend, a kinsman, and a son:
Resume your ancient care. John Dryden, Æn.Water is the only native of England made use of in punch; but the lemons, the brandy, the sugar, and the nutmegs, are all foreigners. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater lustre, either to foreigners or subjects. Jonathan Swift.
ChatGPT
foreigner
A foreigner is a person who is from a different country or nationality other than the one they currently reside or are being referred to. This person is not a native and may have different cultural, social, or linguistic backgrounds. They can be in the country for various purposes such as tourism, work, study, or immigration.
Webster Dictionary
Foreignernoun
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
Wikidata
Foreigner
Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in 1976 by veteran English musician Mick Jones and fellow briton and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm. Foreigner are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time with worldwide sales of nearly 80 million albums, including 37.5 million albums in the United States alone.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
FOREIGNER
One who is eligible to the police force. From Grk. _fero_, to carry off, and _enara_, spoils. One who carries off the spoils.
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Foreigner' in Nouns Frequency: #2622
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Foreigner in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Foreigner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Foreigner in a Sentence
Why should we have to wait for a foreigner to do it when we Cubans can show the truly beautiful Cuba that we have, these are times to challenge ourselves and to try new things and that's what we are doing.
We reject the logic that foreign investments in Telecom Italia are dangerous: whoever brings capital and know-how contributes to make our company stronger, regardless of whether the investor is Italian or a foreigner.
I never felt like a foreigner.
We had been telling the story of Hannibal Lecter, foreigner in America, so far, and now we transition the story, he's returning to more familiar settings to lick his wounds. It allows us to explore the emotional bandwidth of his character and see him pining for his friend Will.
The American, if he has a spark of national feeling, will be humiliated by the very prospect of a foreigner's visit to Congress -- these, for the most part, illiterate hacks whose fancy vests are spotted with gravy, and whose speeches, hypocritical, unctuous, and slovenly, are spotted also with the gravy of political patronage, these persons are a reflection on the democratic process rather than of it; they expose it in its process rather than of it; they expose it in its underwear.
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- buitelanderAfrikaans
- أجنبي, أجنبيةArabic
- xariciAzerbaijani
- іншазе́мка, чужазе́мец, іншазе́мец, чужазе́мкаBelarusian
- чуждене́ц, чужденка́Bulgarian
- বিদেশি, বিদেশীBengali
- foraster, estrangera, forastera, estrangerCatalan, Valencian
- cizinka, cizinecCzech
- alltudWelsh
- udlændingDanish
- Ausländer, AusländerinGerman
- αλλοδαπός, ξένοςGreek
- fremdlandulo, fremdulo, eksterlandanoEsperanto
- extranjero, extranjeraSpanish
- välismaalaneEstonian
- اجنبی, خارجیPersian
- ulkomaalainenFinnish
- étranger, étrangèreFrench
- Gall, eilthireach, coimheach, coigreachScottish Gaelic
- זָרHebrew
- परदेशी, अन्यदेशीय, विदेशीHindi
- külfödiHungarian
- օտարերկրացի, արտասահմանցի, օտարազգիArmenian
- útlendingurIcelandic
- straniero, stranieraItalian
- 外人, 外国人Japanese
- უცხოელიGeorgian
- ជនបរទេសKhmer
- 外國人, 異國人, 외국인, 이국인Korean
- peregrinus, extraneus, barbarusLatin
- ແຂກ, ຝຣັ່ງLao
- ārzemnieks, ārzemnieceLatvian
- tautangataMāori
- ту́ѓинец, стра́нецMacedonian
- နိုင်ငံခြားသား, တတိုင်းတပြည်သားBurmese
- buitenlandse, uitlander, uitlandse, vreemdeling, vreemdelinge, buitenlanderDutch
- utlendingNorwegian
- déʼéyóní, anaʼíNavajo, Navaho
- cudzoziemka, cudzoziemiecPolish
- estrangeiro, estrangeiraPortuguese
- străinRomanian
- инозе́мка, чужезе́мец, чужезе́мка, иностра́нец, иностра́нка, инозе́мецRussian
- stranac, странац, tuđinac, туђинацSerbo-Croatian
- cudzinec, cudzinkaSlovak
- tujec, tujkaSlovene
- huajAlbanian
- utlänningSwedish
- ajinabiSwahili
- ฝรั่งThai
- yabancı, ecnebiTurkish
- інозе́мка, інозе́мецьUkrainian
- پردیشیUrdu
- người nước ngoài, người ngoại quốcVietnamese
- hifoginänan, foginänan, jifoginänanVolapük
- פרעמדערYiddish
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