foreigner

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Opposition to this became virulent in the Far West, where the foreigner was also a Mongolian.

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

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  • Now, sometimes being a foreigner is an advantage and sometimes not.
  • If a foreigner is arrested in the US, they get a jury trial, for example. —  Emergent Chaos
  • The conspirator, the agent of the foreigner is a Proteus, he assumes all shapes, he puts on the guise of a patriot, a revolutionary, an enemy of Kings; he affects the boldness of a heart that beats only for freedom; his voice swells, and the foes of the Republic tremble. —  Dieux ont soif. English
  • It must, however, be admitted, that when a foreigner is the party, it is rather difficult to ascertain whether the gentleman has or has not left an old wife or two in the Old World Note 2. —  Diary in America, Series Two
  • If they have the slightest suspicion that a foreigner is about to write a book, nothing appears to give them so much pleasure as to try to mislead him; this has constantly been practised upon me, and for all I know, they may in some instances have been successful; if they have, all I can say of the story is that "_se non e vero, e si ben trovato_," that it might have happened. —  Diary in America, Series One
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  1. Early modern English also forreigner; from Middle English foreyner; from foreign + -er. The earlier noun was foreign.
 

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