foreigner

noun

A person from a foreign country.

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

Roots

forisforeign- · Latin · out of doors, outside

Synonyms for foreigner

outlandern uitlander alienadj outsidern strangern gringon immigrantn

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