as in stranger
a person who is not native to or known to a community
I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts
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Recent Examples of foreigner
And a stronger dollar, in turn, raises the price that foreigners have to pay for U.S. exports, thereby diminishing their competitiveness.
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Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration is reportedly relying on a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act that gives Secretary of State Marco Rubio sweeping power to expel foreigners.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
In the last three months of the year alone, over 94,000 foreigners with irregular status were deported under a new operation aiming to remove up to 10,000 undocumented Haitians per week, ordered by the Dominican Republic’s National Security and Defense Council headed by President Luis Abinader.
—Jessica Hasbun, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Though the numbers are tiny in comparison to the waves of Russians who regularly emigrate, there have always been a few foreigners who come to stay, often marry, and raise families in Russia.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
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Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration is reportedly relying on a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act that gives Secretary of State Marco Rubio sweeping power to expel foreigners.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
In the last three months of the year alone, over 94,000 foreigners with irregular status were deported under a new operation aiming to remove up to 10,000 undocumented Haitians per week, ordered by the Dominican Republic’s National Security and Defense Council headed by President Luis Abinader.
—Jessica Hasbun, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Though the numbers are tiny in comparison to the waves of Russians who regularly emigrate, there have always been a few foreigners who come to stay, often marry, and raise families in Russia.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreigner. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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