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Definition of Alien
Al´ien | a. | 1. | Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores. | | 2. | Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; - followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion. | | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies. | | v. t. | 1. | To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. |
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