foreigner

(fôr'ə-nər, fŏr'-)
n.

1. One who is from a foreign country or place.
2. One who is from outside a particular group or community; an outsider.

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noun

A person coming from another country or into a new community: alien, émigré, newcomer, outlander, outsider, stranger. See native/foreign.

n

Definition: person from another country
Antonyms: citizen, domestic, local, national, native

IN BRIEF: A person from another country.

Even though he had lived in England for two years, he still felt like a foreigner.

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noun
noun, Brit, orig military

Something done or made at work by an employee for personal benefit; a piece of work not declared to the relevant authorities; esp. in phr. to do a foreigner. (1943 —) .
A. Bleasdale We're both gettin' followed, for all we know, we're both goin' t'get prosecuted f'doin' a foreigner while we're on the dole (1983).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udlænding, fremmed

Nederlands (Dutch)
buitenlander, vreemdeling, buitenlands schip/dier/voorwerp

Français (French)
n. - étranger

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausländer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αλλοδαπός, ξένος

Italiano (Italian)
straniero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - forasteiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
иностранец, чужак

Español (Spanish)
n. - extranjero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utlänning, utländskt fartyg, utländsk produkt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
外国人, 外地人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 外國人, 外地人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 외국인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 外国人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أجنبي , غريب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זר, נוכרי‬

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