foreigner

Meaning

  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.

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
for‧eign‧er
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/
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.

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