foreigner

for-eign-er · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person born in or coming from a country other than one's own.

  2. 2.

    A person who is unfamiliar with or excluded from something.

Forms

plural: foreigners

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    resident foreigner — a non-citizen living in a country
  • •
    feel like a foreigner — feel out of place or unfamiliar

Related words

Antonyms: citizen, local, native
See also: foreign, foreigners, immigrant
Synonyms: alien, immigrant, outsider, stranger

Etymology

From Old French forain ("foreign"), from Late Latin foranus ("on the outside"), from Latin foris ("outside"). The suffix -er indicates a person.