foreigner

From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, equivalent to foreign +‎ -er. Replaced native Middle English wale (“foreigner”) from Old English wealh (“foreigner, slave”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒ.ɹɨ.nə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɹə.nɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹənə(ɹ)

foreigner (plural foreigners)

1. A person from a foreign country.
2. A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

• (person from a foreign country): alien, metœcus, outlander, outsider, stranger; see alsoThesaurus:foreigner

• foreign
• furriner