alien
A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
Other meanings
A citizen or national of another sovereign state.
en A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.
Related words
- aliensdidit
- alien abduction
- alien hand syndrome
- alien nucleic acid
- alien priory
- alien space bats
- casual alien
- illegal alien
- resident alien
- alien species
- ego alien
- alienage
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "alius" (other).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “alien” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.