for|eign|er

for|eign|er
for|eign|er «FR uh nuhr, FOR-», noun.
1. a person from another country; alien: »

We are all foreigners in other countries. They spell it Vinci and pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pronounce (Mark Twain).

2. Informal, Figurative. a person from another section, state, province, or other location; outsider.
3. a foreign ship.

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