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Noun: foreigner  for-u-nu(r) [N. Amer], fó-rin-nu(r) [Brit]
  1. A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
    "As a foreigner, he was not eligible to vote in the national election";
    - alien, noncitizen, outlander
     
  2. Someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
    "As a foreigner in the small town, he struggled to fit in with the locals";
    - outsider

Derived forms: foreigners

Type of: alien, stranger, traveler [US], traveller [Brit, Cdn], unknown

Encyclopedia: Foreigner