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  • noun Plural form of foreigner.

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Examples

  • At the big Hotel National they finally took us in; for we were foreigners, and the Military Revolutionary Committee had promised to protect the dwellings of foreigners….

    Chapter 10. Moscow 1922

  • Christian communities, in their capacity as _foreigners_, to the Greeks generally, with the Right granted to Russia to intercede for them to this effect, would simply make foreigners of 10,000,000 of the subjects of the Porte, or depose the Sultan as their sovereign, putting the Emperor of

    The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860

  • Many cities, counties and districts have created laws designed to help foreigners adjust to life in Korea, but Ansan is the first to come up with regulations aiming to protect foreigners¡¯ human rights, whether they are working here legally or not.

    english.chosun.com : Total 2008

  • Many cities, counties and districts have created laws designed to help foreigners adjust to life in Korea, but Ansan is the first to come up with regulations aiming to protect foreigners¡¯ human rights, whether they are working here legally or not.

    english.chosun.com : Total 2008

  • Many cities, counties and districts have created laws designed to help foreigners adjust to life in Korea, but Ansan is the first to come up with regulations aiming to protect foreigners¡¯ human rights, whether they are working here legally or not.

    english.chosun.com : Total 2008

  • One cannot employ the term foreigners to describe these delegations.

    2ND CONGRESS OF CUBAN WOMEN'S FEDERATION 1974

  • He used the term foreigners as all detainees were either Arabs or Afghans.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • "Mob rule" is a derogatory term foreigners apply to Taiwanese notions of justice.

    Daily Links, April 16, 2009 Michael Turton 2009

  • But he promises that as a top priority, he will never allow what he calls foreigners, in this case the Arab mercenaries and Osama bin Laden, to ever be able to take over Afghanistan and use it for the kind of oppression and the kind of safe haven for terrorism that he said the Taliban allowed this country to become.

    CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2001 2001

  • Syrian President al-Assad has been insisting for some time that the opposition he faces includes what he calls "foreigners," among them al-Qaeda and other armed jihadist elements.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PATRICK MARTIN 2012

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