foreigner

/ˈfɔrənər/

/ˈfɒrɛnə/

Other forms: foreigners

A foreigner is someone from another country. A foreigner is not from these parts.

Things that are foreign are different and unknown to people. Likewise, a foreigner is someone from a different country. An American visiting China is a foreigner. A German person visiting Canada is a foreigner. Foreigners are often tourists who check out the sights of other countries. If a foreigner decided to relocate to another country, they become an immigrant and perhaps eventually a citizen.

Definitions of foreigner

1. noun

   a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
   synonyms: alien, noncitizen, outlander

   types:

   au pair

   a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework

   deportee, exile

   a person who is expelled from home or country by authority

   gringo

   a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen)

   import, importee

   an imported person brought from a foreign country

   metic

   a foreigner who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city

   au pair girl

   a foreign girl serving as an au pair

   type of:

   traveler, traveller

   a person who changes location
2. noun

   someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
   synonyms: outsider

   types:

   transalpine

   one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy

   type of:

   alien, stranger, unknown

   anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found