foreigner
/ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.48 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person from a foreign country.
noun
A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
Example Sentences
- "By the existing law of Great Britain all foreigners have the unrestricted right of entrance and residence in this country; and while they remain in it are, equally with British subjects, under the protection of the law; nor can they be punished except for an offence against the law, and under the sentence of the ordinary tribunals of justice, after a public trial, and on a conviction founded on evidence given in open court. No foreigners, as such, can be sent out of this country by the Executive Government, except persons removed by virtue of treaties with other States; confirmed by Act of Parliament, for the mutual surrender of criminal offenders."
- "For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience."
- "Though foreigners did play some part in fighting as mercenaries for Gadhafi during the bloody Libyan war, the IOM and local leaders in Chad say the vast majority of Chadians, like Mohammed, were working to send remittances home."
Etymology
From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/
- British English: /ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/
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Appendix:English terms for outsiders