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foreigner
CEFRB1
/ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A person who comes from a different country.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
Examples
Being spoken to by a foreigner, I did not know what to do.
Only if a foreigner has read much English poetry can he understand Shakespeare.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningA person from a foreign country.
More examples
In contextThe fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.
For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.
Though foreigners did play some part in fighting as mercenaries for Gadhafi during the bloody Libyan war, the IOM and local leaders in Chad say the vast majority of Chadians, like Mohammed, were working to send remittances home.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.