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English

Etymology

From Latin alienus|aliēnus, "belonging to someone else", then "exotic, foreign", from alius, "other". Cognate with Ancient Greek αλλος (allos), "another, different" and Old English elles, "else".

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.ən/,


Noun

  1. (1340) A person, animal, plant or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
  2. (____) A foreigner who is not a subject of the country in which he lives.
  3. (1935) Any life form of non-Earth origin.


Related terms


Translations

Adjective

  1. (1330) Pertaining to an alien.
  2. (1382) Being exceedingly unfamiliar with or removed from a concept.


Translations

Verb

  1. To estrange; to alienate


bg:alien fa:alien fr:alien io:alien it:alien hu:alien ja:alien pl:alien pt:alien ru:alien fi:alien sv:alien ta:alien te:alien vi:alien tr:alien zh:alien

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Alien \Al"ien\, v. t. [F. ali['e]ner, L. alienare.]
To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or
ownership. [R.] "It the son alien lands." --Sir M. Hale.
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The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . .
. the marriage. --Clarendon.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Alien \Al"ien\, a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another;
properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else.]
1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or
to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien
subjects, enemies, property, shores.
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2. Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent
(with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by
to; as, principles alien from our religion.
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An alien sound of melancholy. --Wordsworth.
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Alien enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government
at war with ours. --Abbott.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Alien \Al"ien\, n.
1. A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to
another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in
which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen.
Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.
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2. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or
estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
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Aliens from the common wealth of Israel. --Ephes.
ii. 12.
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WordNet alien
adj 1: not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of
something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of
capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French
mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
[syn: foreign]
2: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of
the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a
greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine" [syn: exotic]
n 1: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does
not owe allegiance to your country [syn: foreigner, noncitizen,
outlander] [ant: citizen]
2: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they
are found [syn: stranger, unknown]
3: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its
atmosphere [syn: extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial]
v 1: transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the
property to the heirs" [syn: alienate]
2: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly
been love, affection, or friendliness [syn: estrange, alienate,
disaffect]
Moby Dictionary
Jim Crow , Martian , Uitlander , abalienate , adversary , adversative ,
adverse , alienate , alter , antagonistic , anti , antipathetic ,
antithetic , apart , apartheid , assign , astronaut , auslander ,
barbarian , barbaric , barbarous , case , cede , change , character ,
clashing , color bar , competitive , con , conflicting , contradictory ,
contrary , convert , convey , cosmonaut , counter , crackpot , crank ,
cross , deed , deracine , detached , disaccordant , disaffect ,
disconnected , discrete , disjunct , displaced person , disrelated ,
dissentient , dissociated , disunify , disunite , division , eccentric ,
emigre , enemy , ethnocentrism , exclusiveness , exile , exotic ,
exterior , external , exterrestrial , exterritorial , extragalactic ,
extralateral , extraliminal , extramundane , extramural , extraneous ,
extrapolar , extraprovincial , extrasolar , extraterrene ,
extraterrestrial , extraterritorial , extratribal , extrinsic ,
fanatic , foreign , foreign devil , foreign-born , foreigner ,
fractious , give up , gringo , hand over , hermit , hobo , hostile ,
immigrant , incommensurable , incomparable , incompatible ,
incongruous , inconsonant , independent , inimical , insular ,
insularity , insulation , intrusive , irrelative , isolated , isolation ,
know-nothingism , kook , lone wolf , loner , make over , man from Mars ,
maverick , meshuggenah , narrowness , natural , negative , newcomer ,
nonconformist , noncooperative , nut , obstinate , odd fellow , oddball ,
oddity , opponent , opposed , opposing , opposite , oppositional ,
oppositive , oppugnant , original , other , otherworldly , out-group ,
outcast , outland , outlander , outlandish , outlaw , outside , outsider ,
overthwart , pariah , parochialism , persona non grata , perverse ,
planetary colony , quarantine , queer duck , queer fish ,
queer specimen , race hatred , racial segregation , rara avis ,
recalcitrant , refractory , refugee , relinquish , remise , removed ,
repugnant , rival , rocket man , rocketeer , screwball , seclusion ,
segregate , segregation , separate , separated , separation , sign over ,
snobbishness , solitary , space , space crew , space traveler ,
spaceman , strange , stranger , the Wandering Jew , tightness ,
tramontane , tramp , transcendental , transmundane , type , ulterior ,
ultramontane , unaffiliated , unallied , unassociated , unconnected ,
uncooperative , unearthly , unfamiliar , unfavorable , unfriendly ,
unpropitious , unrelatable , unrelated , wanderer , wean , xenophobia ,
zealot


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.
ALIEN, persons. One born out of the jurisdiction of the United States, who has not since been naturalized under their constitution and laws. To this there are some exceptions, as this children of the ministers of the United States in foreign courts. See Citizen, Inhabitant. 2. Aliens are subject to disabilities, have rights, and are bound to perform duties, which will be briefly considered. 1. Disabilities. An alien cannot in general acquire title to real estate by the descent, or by other mere operation of law; and if he purchase land, he may be divested of the fee, upon an inquest of office found. To this general rule there are statutory exceptions in some of the states; in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Louisiana, New Jersey, Rev. Laws, 604, and Michigan, Rev. St. 266, s. 26, the disability has been removed; in North Carolina, (but see Mart. R. 48; 3 Dev. R. 138; 2 Hayw. 104, 108; 3 Murph. 194; 4 Dev. 247; Vermont and Virginia, by constitutional provision; and in Alabama, 3 Stew R. 60; Connecticut, act of 1824, Stat. tit. Foreigners, 251; Indiana, Rev. Code, a. 3, act of January 25, 1842; Illinois, Kentucky, 1 Litt. 399; 6 Mont. 266 Maine, Rev. St,. tit. 7, c. 93, s. 5 Maryland, act of 1825, ch. 66; 2 Wheat. 259; and Missouri, Rev. Code, 1825, p. 66, by statutory provision it is partly so. 3. An alien, even after being naturalized, is ineligible to the office of president of the United States; and in some states, as in New York, to that of governor; he cannot be a member of congress, till the expiration of seven years after his naturalization. An alien can exercise no political rights whatever; he cannot therefore vote at any political election, fill any office, or serve as a juror. 6 John. R. 332. 4.-2. An alien has a right to acquire personal estate, make and enforce contracts in relation to the same - he is protected from injuries, and wrongs, to his person and property, his relative rights and character; he may sue and be sued. 5.-3. He owes a temporary local allegiance, and his property is liable to taxation. Aliens are either alien friends or alien enemies. It is only alien friends who have the rights above enumerated; alien enemies are incapable, during the existence of war to sue, and may be ordered out of the country. See generally, 2 Kent. Com. 43 to 63; 1 Vin. Ab. 157; 13 Vin. ab. 414; Bac. Ab. h.t.; 1 Saund. 8, n.2; Wheat. Dig. h.t.; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
ALIEN, n. An American sovereign in his probationary state.
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