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Added 9 October 2026

foreigner

/ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/ noun

In Latin: barbarus, peregrīnus, extraneus Wiktionary

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

Origin

From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.

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