FOREIGNER (foreigner)
Dictionary entry overview: What does foreigner mean?
• FOREIGNER (noun)
The noun FOREIGNER has 2 senses:
1. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
2. someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
Familiarity information: FOREIGNER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FOREIGNER (noun)
Meaning:
A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
alien; foreigner; noncitizen; outlander
Hypernyms ("foreigner" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foreigner"):
au pair (a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework)
deportee; exile (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 (an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city)
Meaning:
Someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
outsider; foreigner
Hypernyms ("foreigner" is a kind of...):
alien; stranger; unknown (anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foreigner"):
transalpine (one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy)
