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foreigner

[fawr-uh-ner, for-] / ˈfɔr ə nər, ˈfɒr- /


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Although Alfredo is Mexican, he feels like a foreigner in the country he left behind when he was a teenager.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“I was such a foreigner, a guest in that community,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

They also cast him as a foreigner, despite him being from Puerto Rico, which is a U.S. territory and makes him a U.S. citizen since birth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

He is the only foreigner to have served as chief executive of a company among South Korea’s top 30 business groups, according to Park Ju-gun, CEO of Leaders Index, a Seoul-based corporate research firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

It did not provide for Caesarion, either, as he was also considered a foreigner.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby




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