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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Yun Li, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Gabbard, who sought to repeal the controversial law that authorizes the U.S. government to collect the communications of foreigners abroad without a warrant, has since reversed her stance.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2025
The group of foreigners works for a Vice-type media company dedicated to exploiting offbeat stories from around the world for sensationalist video content.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
The White House is perpetuating the fiction that foreigners pay tariffs.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 Feb. 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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