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alien

/ˈeɪ.li.ən/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
  2. A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
  3. A foreigner residing in a country.
  4. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
  5. To estrange; to alienate.
  6. To transfer the ownership of something.
  7. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
  8. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
  9. Pertaining to extraterrestrial life.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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