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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Foreign by birth; not native to the country in which one resides.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective born in another area or country than that lived in; -- of persons.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of persons born in another area or country than that lived in

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