foreigner
pronunciation
How to pronounce foreigner in British English:
UK [ˈfɒrənə(r)]
How to pronounce foreigner in American English:
US [ˈfɔːrənər]
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- Noun:
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
Word Origin
- foreigner (n.)
- early 15c., foreyner; see foreign + -er (1). In ordinary use chiefly applied to those who speak a foreign language as their native tongue; thus in England the term is not commonly understood to include Americans. [OED] In American English from 1620s through mid-19c., however, it was used of a person from a different colony or state. Earlier as a noun in English was simple foreign (early 14c.), probably from Old French, which used the adjective as a noun meaning "foreigner;" also "outskirts; the outside world; latrine, privy." Spelling furriner, representing pronunciation, is from 1832, originally in Irish dialect pieces but by 1840s picked up by American dialect writers (Thomas Chandler Haliburton).
Example
- 1. Unlike in previous scandals , none is a foreigner .
- 2. One of the journalists called my mister zhukov . Foreigner ......
- 3. What would a foreigner do ?
- 4. Have you ever had dinner with a foreigner ?
- 5. A rich foreigner is a maximum flight risk .