foreigner
Meaning
- A person from a foreign country.
- A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
Synonyms
another person
new person
witness to truth of someone’s statement
different person
hairy barbarian
non-Āryan
ineligible alien
foreign national
Frequency
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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