foreigner

Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
  2. noun someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

alien, noncitizen, outlander

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
traveler
Narrower (hyponyms)
exile, import, au pair, gringo, metic
Opposite (antonyms)
citizen

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