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foreign devils

foreign devils is the plural of foreign devil.

Meaning of foreign devil

Noun

foreign devil (plural foreign devils)

  1. (China, archaic, derogatory) A foreigner.
    • "Alas! I called him 'foreign devil' then. Chang, too, had much to learn." "He is speaking of Lord Macartney."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Questions about foreign devils

What is foreign devils the plural of?
Foreign devils is the plural of foreign devil.

Words near foreign devils in the dictionary

  1. foreign currencies
  2. foreign currency
  3. foreign debt
  4. foreign debts
  5. foreign devil
  6. foreign devils
  7. foreign direct investment
  8. foreign direct investments
  9. foreign exchange
  10. foreign exchange certificate
  11. foreign exchange certificates

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