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foreign-born

foreign-born adjective: being born outside of one's country of residence.

Adjective

foreign-born (not comparable)

  1. Being born outside of one's country of residence.
    • Jewish immigrants came together with other foreign-born groups in organizations like the Industrial Workers of the World, helping to create one of the cornerstones of the American left.2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019
    • “There are a lot of jobs in the US that native-born people don’t want – and foreign-born people are happy to have,” said Stephanie Roth, chief economist at Wolfe Research.2025 July 25, Matt Egan, “How Trump’s mass deportations could backfire on the American economy by shrinking paychecks”, in CNN Business

Noun

foreign-born (plural foreign-borns)

  1. A person who was born outside outside of their country of residence or citizenship.

Antonyms of foreign-born

Forms of foreign-born

pluralforeign-borns

Origin of foreign-born

From foreign + born.

Questions about foreign-born

What does foreign-born mean?
Foreign-born means being born outside of one's country of residence.
What part of speech is foreign-born?
Foreign-born can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near foreign-born in the dictionary

  1. foreign services
  2. foreign species
  3. foreign tongue
  4. foreign tongues
  5. foreign trade
  6. foreign-born
  7. foreign-borns
  8. foreigneering
  9. foreigner
  10. foreigners
  11. foreignership

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