foreigner
noun
for·eign·er
ˈfȯr-ə-nər 
ˈfär-
1
: a person belonging to or owing allegiance to a foreign country
2
chiefly dialectal
: one not native to a place or community : stranger sense 1c
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I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts.
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One of the separatist groups, the Baloch Liberation Army, has also attacked foreigners.
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Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Italy this summer doubled its flat tax on the overseas incomes of wealthy foreigners who transfer their tax residency to Italy, to 200,000 euros ($217,000).
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Nevertheless, the Chinese court maintained their monopoly of silk through harsh imperial decrees that sentenced anyone to death who exported silkworms or exposed the production process to foreigners.
—Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
But something had been happening politically in the years since 9/11, a nation-changing event that ushered in a newly intense fear of foreigners stoked by increasingly powerful media personalities at Fox News and on talk radio.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
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Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Italy this summer doubled its flat tax on the overseas incomes of wealthy foreigners who transfer their tax residency to Italy, to 200,000 euros ($217,000).
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Nevertheless, the Chinese court maintained their monopoly of silk through harsh imperial decrees that sentenced anyone to death who exported silkworms or exposed the production process to foreigners.
—Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
But something had been happening politically in the years since 9/11, a nation-changing event that ushered in a newly intense fear of foreigners stoked by increasingly powerful media personalities at Fox News and on talk radio.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreigner. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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foreigner
noun
for·eign·er
ˈfȯr-ə-nər
ˈfär-
: a person who is from a foreign country
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