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Definition of 'alien'English
Alternative forms
* alyaunte
Noun
( en-noun)
A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
A foreigner residing in a country.
* 1773 , William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, Volume 1 (Fifth Edition) , page 372
- An alien born may purchase lands, or other estates: but not for his own use; for the king is thereupon entitled to them.
* 1831 , John Marshall, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia , U.S. Government
- The counsel have shown conclusively that they are not a state of the union, and have insisted that individually they are aliens , not owing allegiance to the United States.
* 2004 , Wesley Campbell, Stephen Court, Be a hero: the battle for mercy and social justice , Destiny Image Publishers, page 74
- Aliens are aliens because of persecution or war or hardship or famine.
Any life form of extraterrestrial origin.
One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
* Bible, Ephes. ii. 12
- Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.
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* See also
Related terms
* alienage
* space alien
Adjective
( en-adj)
Pertaining to an alien.
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
- alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores
Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
- principles alien to our religion
* Wordsworth
- An alien sound of melancholy.
Verb
( en-verb)
To estrange; to alienate.
(legal) To transfer the ownership of something.
Alternative forms
* aliene
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