foreigner

[ fawr-uh-ner, for- ]

/ ˈfɔr ə nər, ˈfɒr- /

a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.

a person from outside one's community.

a thing produced in or brought from a foreign country.

Nautical. a foreign vessel.

Origin of foreigner

First recorded in 1375–1425, foreigner is from the late Middle English word foreiner. See foreign, -er¹

1 outlander. See stranger.

The president of Mongolia is one foreigner who may not be invited back to Kim Il Sung University anytime soon.

North Korea's Top College: Brainwash U |Justin Rohrlich |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Generally, the foreigner is a class of person often aligned with other vulnerable populations like widows and orphans.

Pope Bids Refugees to EU ‘Bienvenido’; Europe Says ‘Non’ |Candida Moss |November 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He was the only foreigner in such a powerful government position in the Congo.

A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo |Nina Strochlic |November 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Yeonmi was forbidden from using computers in the town center because she was a foreigner.

How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian State |Lizzie Crocker |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

A foreigner such as Bartholdi viewed the abolition of slavery as Liberty achieved in the United States.

128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty |Elizabeth Mitchell |October 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We were fools, he said, to be denied food and smoke by the foreigner.

White Shadows in the South Seas |Frederick O'Brien
He may be amused by a foreigner as by a monkey, but he will never condescend to study him with any patience.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 |Robert Louis Stevenson
His objection to Gus was that he looked like a foreigner and never had done a day's work in his life.

The Vision Spendid |William MacLeod Raine
Henceforth, "they no longer have a stranger or a foreigner for their chief."

The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 6 (of 6) |Hippolyte A. Taine
He was not slow in discovering that I was a foreigner; and on his demanding whence I came, I told him.

Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II |G. R. Gleig

foreigner

/ (ˈfɒrɪnə) /

a person from a foreign country; alien

an outsider or interloper

something from a foreign country, such as a ship or product