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adjective

Alien adj.

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion. "An alien sound of melancholy."

Alien enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours.

noun

Alien 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.

One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies. "Aliens from the common wealth of Israel."

verb

Alien v. t. To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. (R.) "It the son alien lands." "The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of... the marriage."

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Etymology of 'Alien'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Alien" Quotes from Famous Books

... from alien worlds. At length—"Doctor Strong," said Vesta, and the words dropped slowly, one by one, "what ...

— Geoffrey Strong • Laura E. Richards

... customary," de Puysange said. He appeared to deliberate something entirely alien to this reply, however, and now sat silent for a matter of four seconds, his countenance profoundly grave. He was a hideous man, [Footnote: For a consideration of the vexed and delicate question whether or no Gaston ...

— Gallantry - Dizain des Fetes Galantes • James Branch Cabell

... the idle farm Leaned on his ancient sword, As fell his heavy words and few; And his eyes were of such alien blue As gleams where the Northman saileth new Into ...

— The Ballad of the White Horse • G.K. Chesterton

... mean comfort; I might as well have tried to settle down in the sofa and armchair department of a big shop. My bedroom was easily managed; it was the private workroom, prepared especially for my reception, that made me feel alien and outcast. ...

— The Damned • Algernon Blackwood

... dead,' and craved a burying-place for his Sarah from the sons of Heth, his first plea was, 'I am a stranger and a sojourner with you.' In his lips it was no metaphor. He was a stranger, a visitor for a brief time to an alien land; he was a sojourner, having no rights of inheritance, but settled among them for a while, and though dwelling among them, not adopted into their community. He was a foreigner, not naturalised. ...

— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren

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