alien immigrant

  • 1alien immigrant — One who has come into the country from a foreign country and has not yet been naturalized. See alien …

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  • 2alien immigrant — One who has come into the country from a foreign country and has not yet been naturalized. See alien …

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  • 3alien — 1 / ā lē ən, āl yən/ adj [Latin alienus not one s own, foreign]: relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government alien 2 n: a foreign born resident who has not been naturalized and is still a subject or citizen of a… …

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  • 4immigrant — index alien (foreign), alien Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 immigrant …

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  • 5immigrant — [n] person from a foreign land adoptive citizen, alien, colonist, documented alien, foreigner, incomer, migrant, naturalized citizen, newcomer, outsider, pioneer, settler, undocumented alien; concept 413 Ant. local, national, native …

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  • 6alien — [āl′yən, āl′ē ən] adj. [ME & OFr < L alienus < alius, other: see ELSE] 1. belonging to another country or people; foreign 2. strange; not natural [cruel words alien to his lips] 3. opposed or repugnant [beliefs alien to one s religion] 4.… …

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  • 7alien — adj foreign, extraneous, *extrinsic Analogous words: external, exterior, outside (see corresponding adjectives at OUTER): adventitious, incidental, *accidental: *repugnant, repellent, abhorrent: incompatible, incongruous, *inconsonant Antonyms:… …

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  • 8alien — [adj] foreign conflicting, contrary, estranged, exotic, extraneous, extrinsic, inappropriate, incompatible, incongruous, opposed, remote, separate, unusual; concept 564 Ant. akin, appropriate, native, proper alien [n] foreign being blow in*,… …

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  • 9immigrant — n 1 *stranger, alien, foreigner, outlander, outsider, émigré 2 *emigrant …

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  • 10immigrant — ☆ immigrant [im′ə grənt ] n. [< L immigrans, prp.] 1. a person who immigrates 2. a plant or animal that has recently appeared for the first time in a locality adj. 1. of or relating to immigrants 2. immigrating SYN. ALIEN …

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