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单词 foreigner
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foreignern.

Brit. /ˈfɒrᵻnə/, /ˈfɒrn̩ə/, U.S. /ˈfɔrənər/, /ˈfɑrənər/
Forms: see foreign adj., n.2, and adv. and -er suffix1; also late Middle English forner, late Middle English foroner, late Middle English voryner; also Scottish pre-1700 forraingner.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foreign adj., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < foreign adj. + -er suffix1.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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