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ALIEN

\ˈe͡ɪli͡ən], \ˈe‍ɪli‍ən], \ˈeɪ_l_iə_n]\

Definitions of ALIEN

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
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.
One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
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.
One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A foreigner; a person living in a country other than his own without the rights of citizenship; a stranger.
Foreign: strange; different.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Foreign: different in nature: adverse to.
One belonging to another country: one not entitled to the rights of citizenship.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Foreign; strange.
A foreigner; a stranger; one born in or belonging to another country.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

An unnaturalized foreigner; a stranger.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Foreign; of a different nature; adverse to.
A foreigner; one born in or belonging to another country; one who has not the privileges of a citizen.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

n. A foreigner who does not possess the privileges of a citizen.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Foreign, or not of the same family or land; estranged from, not allied to.
A foreigner, not a denison, a stranger; in law, an alien is one born in a strange country, and never enfranchised.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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