foreigner
noun
for·eign·er
ˈfȯr-ə-nər 
ˈfär-
1
: a person belonging to or owing allegiance to a foreign country
2
chiefly dialectal
: one not native to a place or community : stranger sense 1c
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I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts.
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The Immigrant Investor Program requires foreigners to pay $1 million for a visa and launch a business that creates at least 10 new jobs.
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Where Ottoman intellectuals and artists had previously traveled to cultural centers in Egypt, Persia, Italy, or elsewhere to study, Darling writes, now the Ottomans attracted foreigners seeking education and culture.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
The current program gives residency to foreigners who invest at least $1.05 million in a new business that creates jobs, or $800,000 in a rural area, infrastructure project, or an area with high unemployment.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2025
The Immigrant Investor Program requires foreigners to pay $1 million for a visa and launch a business that creates at least 10 new jobs.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Feb. 2025
Where Ottoman intellectuals and artists had previously traveled to cultural centers in Egypt, Persia, Italy, or elsewhere to study, Darling writes, now the Ottomans attracted foreigners seeking education and culture.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for foreigner
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreigner. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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foreigner
noun
for·eign·er
ˈfȯr-ə-nər
ˈfär-
: a person who is from a foreign country
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