Meaning
A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Related to English else.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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citizenacquaintance
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 9 recorded puzzles: