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al⋅ien

  [eyl-yuhn, ey-lee-uhn]
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–noun
1. a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization (distinguished from citizen ).
2. a foreigner.
3. a person who has been estranged or excluded.
4. a creature from outer space; extraterrestrial.
–adjective
5. residing under a government or in a country other than that of one's birth without having or obtaining the status of citizenship there.
6. belonging or relating to aliens: alien property.
7. unlike one's own; strange; not belonging to one: alien speech.
8. adverse; hostile; opposed (usually fol. by to or from): ideas alien to modern thinking.
9. extraterrestrial.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF < L aliēnus, equiv. to *alies- (ali-, base of alius other + -es- n. suffix) + -nus adj. suffix

Synonyms:
1. immigrant. 2. See stranger. 3. outcast. 7. exotic, foreign.
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a·li·en   (ā'lē-ən, āl'yən)   
adj.  

  1. Owing political allegiance to another country or government; foreign: alien residents.

  2. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange. See Synonyms at foreign.

  3. Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature: emotions alien to her temperament.

n.  

  1. An unnaturalized foreign resident of a country. Also called noncitizen.

  2. A person from another and very different family, people, or place.

  3. A person who is not included in a group; an outsider.

  4. A creature from outer space: a story about an invasion of aliens.

  5. Ecology An organism, especially a plant or animal, that occurs in or is naturalized in a region to which it is not native.

tr.v.   a·li·ened, a·li·en·ing, a·li·ens Law
To transfer (property) to another; alienate.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aliēnus, from alius, other; see al-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Alien

Any person who is not a citizen of the country in which he or she lives.

Investopedia Commentary

Aliens are not given the same rights as the citizens of the country in which they live.

See also: Economic Refugee, Non-Resident Alien, Resident Alien

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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: 1alien
Pronunciation: 'A-lE-&n, 'Al-y&n
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin alienus not one's own, foreign
: relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government

Main Entry: 2alien
Function: noun
: a foreign-born resident who has not been naturalized and is still a subject or citizen of a foreign country aliens> alien admitted to the United States for permanent residence —U.S. Code>

Main Entry: 3alien
Function: transitive verb
: ALIENATE
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alien   (ā'lē-ən)  Pronunciation Key 
Introduced to a region deliberately or accidentally by humans. Starlings, German cockroaches, and dandelions are species that are alien to North America but have become widely naturalized in the continent. Compare endemic, indigenous.
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Alien

a foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not entitled to the rights and privileges of the country where he resides. Among the Hebrews there were two classes of aliens. (1.) Those who were strangers generally, and who owned no landed property. (2.) Strangers dwelling in another country without being naturalized (Lev. 22:10; Ps. 39:12). Both of these classes were to enjoy, under certain conditions, the same rights as other citizens (Lev. 19:33, 34; Deut. 10:19). They might be naturalized and permitted to enter into the congregation of the Lord by submitting to circumcision and abandoning idolatry (Deut. 23:3-8). This term is used (Eph. 2:12) to denote persons who have no interest in Christ.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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