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Alien (Noun)

A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country.

Nouns denoting people.

The government agency was responsible for processing the paperwork of aliens who wanted to become naturalized citizens.
As an alien in a foreign land, she struggled to learn the local customs and language.
The new immigration policy made it more difficult for aliens to enter the country and find work.
After living in the United States for five years, the alien was eligible to apply for a green card.
The company was fined for hiring aliens who did not have the proper work visas.

A form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere.

Nouns denoting people.

Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found.

Nouns denoting people.

The rural villagers saw the city boy as an alien, someone who didn't understand their simple way of life.
The executive from New York was an alien in the laid-back atmosphere of the Hawaiian island resort.
As a child from a low-income neighborhood, she felt like an alien in the wealthy suburban school.
The physicist from Cambridge was an alien in the midst of the Hollywood film industry's glitz and glamour.
In the tight-knit community of farmers, the outsider from the city was an alien who didn't know the local customs.