foreigner
Meanings
Plural: foreigners
Noun
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
- A person from a foreign country.
- A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
alien, barbarian, firangi, foreign, foreigner, fremd, fremdling, furriner, gaijin, metœcus, non-resident, noncitizen, noninhabitant, nonlocal, nonnational, nonresident, outcomeling, outener, outlander, outsider, Paradesi, peregrine, strangeling, stranger, uitlander
Antonyms
aborigine, autochthon, citizen, compatriot, countryman, countrywoman, native, nonforeigner
Scrabble Score: 13
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