单词 | foreigner |
释义 | foreignern. 1. A person from another parish, town, county, or district, esp. (in early use) one who is not a member of a particular guild; a person from another part of the country. Often depreciative. Now regional. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > new inhabitant new-comeOE new-cominga1387 foreigner1422 stranger1447 newcomerc1450 new face?a1513 new comeling1587 come-o'-will1815 settler1815 newie1856 sinkeh1878 new kid1894 ring-neck1898 blow-in1908 malihini1914 mystery1937 new jack1988 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider fremdc950 guestc950 althedyOE allophyleOE uncoutha1250 strangea1325 alienc1384 barbarc1384 barbarync1384 strangerc1385 barbaric1388 foreigna1399 outland?a1400 farandman14.. out-comelingc1400 foreigner1422 alienar1473 alienate1497 estrangec1503 new face?a1513 barbarianc1550 fremman1568 frenne1579 estranger1586 inmatea1600 outlier1606 outcomer1607 externc1610 exoteric1697 outner1721 outsider1800 unco1800 inconnu1807 outrigger1850 offcome1859 ringer1896 offcomer1898 shenzi1910 out-grouper1938 outworlder1948 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin > a member > non-member foreigner1422 1422 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 125 (MED) He is a forner and retallyt vitaill. a1483 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 317 (MED) Ye shall not suffer nor counsell any forynar to dwell withyn þe franschys of this craft. 1565 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 75 No foreigner, as men of Bolton, Blackburne or any other places. 1676 S. Degge Parson's Counsellor ii. v. 166 There is no difference between the Case of a Parishioner and a Forrainer, where [etc.]. 1700 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 96 If any Forraner or Freeborn come. 1718 tr. E. Lutwyche Rep. Resol. Court 2 576 There is a Custom within the City of L. to elect..six Freemen of the Company of Bakers, to be Foreign Takers to supervise all Spiced Cakes and Bread brought to the common Markets by any Foreigner. 1846 E. Bryant Jrnl. 1 Sept. in What I saw in Calif. (1849) xix. 246 I saw..several Americans, or foreigners, (as all who are not Californians by birth are here called,) sitting in the gateway. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xvii. 208 ‘Yo're just a foreigner, and nothing more,’ said he, contemptuously. ‘Much yo know about it.’ 1968 J. Drummond Gantry Episode ii. 23 I want the lot of you foreigners out of Gantry... I don't like interference. 1994 C. Bishop Taste for Murder vii. 85 She wondered if she'd ever know all the town's secrets, or if she'd always be treated like a flatland foreigner. 2018 @mjtward19 27 July in twitter.com (accessed 11 May 2021) Nearly 30 years to the day since I moved to Norfolk. Love it but suppose I'm still a foreigner. 2. a. A person from another country, esp. one whose language and culture differ from one's own; a foreign person. N.E.D. (1897) remarks: ‘In ordinary use chiefly applied to those who speak a foreign language as their native tongue; thus in England the term is not commonly understood to include Americans.’ Cf. note at foreign adj. II. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider > from another country outlandishOE WelshmanlOE outlandish manc1300 foreign?a1400 strangerc1460 foreigner1483 outborna1557 tramontane1593 transmarine1596 outlander1598 outlandisher1599 exotic1651 Outalian1668 furriner1849 Dutchman1857 Uitlander1892 Johnny Foreigner1899 non-patrial1971 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) iv. xxxviii. 64 They were straunge foreyners, nought of his propre peple. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 138 I am here a foriner and stranger, as all my fathers were. 1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing xii. sig. D4 That no stranger or forreigner..be suffered to bring in..any booke or bookes printed beyond the seas. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3916/3 Having reviewed all the Horse and Foot under his Command, as well English as Foreigners. 1778 T. Lindsey Let. 15 Aug. (2007) I. 264 Mr Kirwan, your old acquaintance was annonced, and told me, that he had called before with a foreigner, a Florentine. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. vii. 268 Besides the Dorians, there were foreigners of other nations. 1884 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 684/2 A foreigner who speaks good Italian will have no difficulty in making himself understood. 1910 E. Adam Behind Screens xiv. 266 When accosted by a foreigner, silence shall be avoided, even if the accosted man cannot understand the language spoken. 1987 P. McCabe Bad News at Black Rock v. 74 A Pittsburgh hospital..was apparently giving wealthy foreigners in need of organ transplants preference over Americans. 2015 Radio Times 4 Apr. (South/West ed.) 160/1 I'm glad most of us don't think it's amusing or ‘controversial’..to insult foreigners and minorities. b. Something produced in, or brought from, another country; a non-native species. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > foreign land > a foreign thing stranger1578 anachorism1671 foreigner1677 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > foreign foreign1509 foreign flag1796 foreigner1823 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 148 Beside what I have seen amongst forreigners in Gardens. 1716 J. Addison Free-holder No. 22. ⁋3 The lemons, the brandy, the sugar, and the nutmeg, were all foreigners. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 68 Nine or ten ships were assembled..none of them followed us, excepting a foreigner. 1891 Daily News 21 Nov. 5/3 The failure of the English walnut crop has enhanced the price of ‘foreigners’. 1912 W. E. Clarke Stud. Bird Migration II. xxi. 156 It has hitherto been impossible to discriminate between these foreigners and the native birds. 2015 Economist 5 Dec. 64/1 Removing troublesome foreigners from bigger islands is far harder. A concerted campaign against brown tree snakes in Guam..has failed to turn the tide. c. In plural. Foreign stocks and shares. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of redeemables1720 government bond1737 corporate bond1810 trustee security1859 international1863 foreigners1883 most active list1885 gilt-edge1900 actual1908 heavies1922 toxic waste1922 gilt-edged1930 prior charge1930 short1932 gilt1936 performer1939 tap1948 energy security1960 fallen angel1963 medium1968 physicals1974 underperformer1975 taplet1982 1883 Evening News (Portsmouth) 13 Jan. (2nd ed.) Foreigners are quiet, with only fractional changes. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 10 May 11/1 The Account Changes in Foreigners. 1964 Financial Times 3 Mar. 19/2 Among Foreigners, Baltic bonds attracted buying interest. 3. figurative. A person who is estranged or alienated from something; a person who or thing which is strange or unfamiliar. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider > little known person foreigner1570 1570 A. Golding tr. D. Chytræus Postil 50 They were..forreners from the Testamentes and promises, without hope and without GOD in the world. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxviii. 182 Forreiners and strangers from the Church of God. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iii. i. i. 663 Iealosie is..a feare or doubt, least any forrainer should participate or share with him in his loue. 1642 J. Denham Sophy v. 52 Joy is such a forrainer, So meere a stranger to my thoughts, I know Not how to entertaine him. 1842 T. P. Prest Maniac Father xxxiv. 363 ‘Danger!’ exclaimed Hernwood, with a look of scorn; ‘why, the word is quite a foreigner to him.’ 1974 Edcentric (Center Educ. Reform) June 16/1 Children are foreigners for the rest of society. 2017 Mitchell (Ont.) Advocate 7 June a8 In times of misfortune..hardships can drag individuals down into an abyss where happiness is a foreigner. 4. slang (chiefly British). Something done or made at work by an employee purely for his or her own private benefit; a piece of paid work not declared to the relevant authorities. Frequently in to do a foreigner. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [noun] > done purely for private benefit foreigner1914 1914 Truth (Melbourne) 29 Aug. 1/5 The joke going around Newport is that railway workshops men will be given an extra shilling a day in the Expeditionary Force, because some of them are particularly good on ‘foreigners’ (workshops slang for private work done in Government time). 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 33 Such articles [as models of aircraft], made in the ‘firm's’ time and with the ‘Company's’ material, are called ‘foreigners’, as they are outside the normal work done by the employee or airman or soldier. 1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry iii. 34 The term, now rapidly gaining ground, e.g. among decorators,..doing a foreigner..means working privately, unknown to the Inland Revenue, to supplement one's regular wage. 1983 A. Bleasdale Shop thy Neighbour xi. 111 We're both gettin' followed, for all we know, we're both goin' t'get prosecuted f'doin' a foreigner while we're on the dole. 2020 @Brian_ban 23 July in twitter.com (accessed 12 May 2021) My mate..could have put up better scaffolding for £100 doing a foreigner. Just saying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1422 |
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