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foreigner

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Etymology

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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.

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foreigner (plural foreigners)

  1. A person from a foreign country.
    • 1912, “An-hui”, in Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea‎[1], Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 358:
      In the midst of the neck, the Great Orphan rock surmounted by a stûpa. — Beyond, the Northern ramifications of the Lu Shan, one of whose upper valleys is a Summer resort (Ku-ling) for the families of foreigners residing in the Blue River basin, (See CHIANG-HSI, R. 2).
    • 1971 October 6, Alberto R. Oliva, “The American Sense of Guilt”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.
  2. A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

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