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Foreigner

A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger.

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Broader term 5

Alien 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stranger 76% connected

One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unknown 76% connected

Not known; not apprehended.

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Narrower term 4

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Transalpine 76% connected

Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people…

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Alien 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alien 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Alien 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Outlander 92% connected

A foreigner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Outsider 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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