foreigner

«foreigner» in Mova's school dictionary: A person from another country — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a foreigner, foreigners)

meaning for a pupil

A person from another country. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and travel stories a foreigner is someone from a different country; in kind speech people often prefer «visitor» or «someone from abroad», because «foreigner» can sound unfriendly. Phrases: «a foreigner in a strange land», «treat foreigners kindly».

examples

• The town welcomes foreigners every summer. tree →
• When I went to France, I was the foreigner. tree →
• Many foreigners come to see the old castle. tree →
• Some people feel like foreigners in a new country at first. tree →
• The guide spoke English to the foreigners. tree →
• Be kind to newcomers and foreigners. tree →
• One evening the foreigner sat in the balcony. tree →

note

Spelling trap: foreign has a silent g — f-o-r-e-i-g-n-e-r. The word can sound rude or unwelcoming; «visitor», «tourist», «newcomer» or «someone from another country» are softer.

In the corpora

• Japan chose another path and from the 1630s shut its doors to most foreigners, letting only Dutch and Chinese traders in at Nagasaki.
• They called it democracy, rule by the people, though women, slaves and foreigners could not vote.
• In Athens women, slaves and foreigners could not vote.
• Gleaning meant gathering grain left at the edges of a field; God's law let the poor and foreigners do it.
• Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it; but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «foreigner» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.