"alien" Definition

Definitions for the word "alien" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. adj.
1 (often foll. By to) unfamiliar; unacceptable or repugnant. 2 foreign. 3 of beings from other worlds. n. 1 foreign-born resident who is not naturalized. 2 being from another world. [latin alius other]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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