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foreign

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfɒɹɪn/

Noun

informal obsolete slang abbreviation alt-of clipping dialectal plural-normally

(now informal) A foreigner: a person from another country. / (obsolete) An outsider: a person from another place or group. / (obsolete) A non-guildmember. / (obsolete) A foreign ship.

Japanese Meaning

外国人 / 異邦人 / 非ギルド会員 / 外国船

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At the festival, the foreign smiled politely as the locals asked about his country.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

祭りで、その外国人は地元の人たちに自分の国について尋ねられ、丁寧に微笑んだ。

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Sense（1）

(now informal) A foreigner: a person from another country.

The messaging instructions come in two sets: one for domestics, another for the foreigns.

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Sense（2）

(obsolete) An outsider: a person from another place or group.

Sense（3）

(obsolete) A non-guildmember.

Sense（4）

(obsolete) A foreign ship.

Sense（5）

(slang) A foreign whip, a car produced abroad.

In the foreign switching lanes and we riding

[…]

A island I wanna live somewhere silent

I'm shining I'm bout to flood my neck with diamonds

Yeah I've been spitting facts these niggas lying

I'm driving stolens, foreigns, yeah I'm riding

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Sense（6）

(obsolete) Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.

Ful foule ys þat forreyne

Þat ys comoun for al certeyne.

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Sense（7）

(now dialect) An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.

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Sense（9）

Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

foreigns

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