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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The government said bringing in foreigners is a privilege not a right, according to Tiberius Davis, counsel to the assistant attorney general.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 June 2025
What To Know Citing unnamed U.S. officials, The Washington Post said possibly as early as this week, the Trump administration could start transferring foreigners who are in the U.S. illegally to the U.S. military base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
President Joe Biden reversed a similar policy in Trump’s first term, which barred foreigners from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the country.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 9 June 2025
The hula was forever changed with the arrival of foreigners, and in particular the arrival of Christian missionaries, whose influence led to a brief ban of public performances in the 1830s.
—Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 June 2025
What To Know Citing unnamed U.S. officials, The Washington Post said possibly as early as this week, the Trump administration could start transferring foreigners who are in the U.S. illegally to the U.S. military base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
President Joe Biden reversed a similar policy in Trump’s first term, which barred foreigners from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the country.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 9 June 2025
The hula was forever changed with the arrival of foreigners, and in particular the arrival of Christian missionaries, whose influence led to a brief ban of public performances in the 1830s.
—Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreigner. Accessed 20 Jun. 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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