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Alien

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

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Extrinsic 84% connected

Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.

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Extrinsic 84% connected

Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.

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Foreign 84% connected

Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.

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Foreign 84% connected

Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.

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Strange 84% connected

Belonging to another country; foreign.

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Strange 84% connected

Belonging to another country; foreign.

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Exile 76% connected

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's…

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Foreigner 76% connected

A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalize…

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Import 76% connected

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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Metic 76% connected

A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.

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Outsider 76% connected

One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling.

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Interloper 76% connected

One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or offici…

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Intruder 76% connected

One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser.

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Transfer 76% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Traveler 76% connected

One who travels; one who has traveled much.

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Traveller 76% connected

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Trespasser 76% connected

One who commits a trespass

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Foreigner 74% connected

A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalize…

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Foreigner 74% connected

A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalize…

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Stranger 74% connected

One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.

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Stranger 74% connected

One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.

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Alienate 92% connected

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.

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Exotic 92% connected

Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.

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Foreign 92% connected

Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.

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Foreigner 92% connected

A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalize…

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Outlander 92% connected

A foreigner.

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Stranger 92% connected

One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.

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Unknown 92% connected

Not known; not apprehended.

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Acquaintance 94% connected

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of…

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Acquaintance 94% connected

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of…

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