The meaning of Alien
Alien – definition
adjectiveBelonging to a foreign country.
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An alien cultureadjectiveUnfamiliar and disturbing or distasteful.
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Principles that are alien to themadjectiveSupposedly from another world; extraterrestrial.
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Alien beings
nounA foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where he or she is living.
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An enemy aliennounA hypothetical or fictional being from another world.
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She discovers that the alien's spaceship has crashed
nounA person who lives in a country but is not a citizen (= member of a country with specific rights)
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Alien customs
nounA person who lives in a foreign country of which they are not a citizen
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Illegal aliens, they are recommending that long-term alien workers should be granted citizenship.
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Word origin
Middle English: via Old French from Latin alienus ‘belonging to another’, from alius ‘other’.
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