foreigner
noun
for·eign·er
ˈfȯr-ə-nər 
ˈfär-
1
: a person belonging to or owing allegiance to a foreign country
2
chiefly dialectal
: one not native to a place or community : stranger sense 1c
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I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts.
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Cuba began to attract international tourism, and with it, the government created a sort of tourism apartheid, whereby Cubans were not allowed to enter resort hotels where foreigners sunbathed and drank mojitos by the pool.
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Jane Ciabattari
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
The latest revival of this performance comes courtesy of the United Kingdom, where the government closed a centuries-old tax loophole that let wealthy foreigners reside in the U.K. but insist their income did not.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
That is still just 3% of the total population, a much smaller fraction than in the United States and Europe, but comes amid a tourism boom that has made foreigners far more visible across the country.
—CNN Money, 20 July 2025
Your fellow-contestants are from all over the United States (plus a couple of foreigners), and have all kinds of jobs.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 July 2025
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Jane Ciabattari
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
The latest revival of this performance comes courtesy of the United Kingdom, where the government closed a centuries-old tax loophole that let wealthy foreigners reside in the U.K. but insist their income did not.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
That is still just 3% of the total population, a much smaller fraction than in the United States and Europe, but comes amid a tourism boom that has made foreigners far more visible across the country.
—CNN Money, 20 July 2025
Your fellow-contestants are from all over the United States (plus a couple of foreigners), and have all kinds of jobs.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for foreigner
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreigner. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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foreigner
noun
for·eign·er
ˈfȯr-ə-nər
ˈfär-
: a person who is from a foreign country
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