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for⋅eign-born

[fawr-in-bawrn, for-]
–adjective
born in a country other than that in which one resides.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism
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for·eign-born   (fôr'ĭn-bôrn', fŏr'-)
adj.  Foreign by birth; not native to the country in which one resides.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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