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Definition of Alien |
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Alien
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. 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. Related Definitions: Adverse, Alien, Alienage, Alienate, Alienated, Allegiance, Another, As, Belonging, By, Certain, Citizen, Country, Different, Does, Enemies, Estrange, Estranged, Excluded, Followed, Foreign, Foreigner, From, God, Government, He, Hence, In, Incongruous, Inconsistent, Land, Mercies, Nature, Not, Of, One, Or, Our, Owing, Ownership, Possess, Property, Religion, Resident, Same, See, Sometimes, Stranger, The, Thereof, To, Transfer, Which, Wholly, With |
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Alien Quotations
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy I am human and let nothing human be alien to me. Terence For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion. Mohandas Gandhi Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. Franklin D. Roosevelt Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state. Ambrose Bierce |
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Alien Translations
alien in Afrikaans is teenoorgesteld, vreemd alien in Danish is fremmed, udenlandsk, modsat alien in Dutch is ijselijk, afschuwelijk alien in Finnish is vieras alien in French is hideux alien in German is fremd, fremder alien in Latin is alienus alien in Norwegian is fremmed alien in Portuguese is estrangeiro alien in Spanish is extranjero |
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