foreigner:
(plural: ‘foreigners‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘g’ is silent)
two foreigners in an African village
a person who belongs to a country other than one’s own country (a foreign country),
an alien;
a person who is from another group or outside one’s own group;
an immigrant who has not yet got his/her residence permit to stay in the country he/she is staying,
a couple of foreigners in Paris (probably Indian tourists)
An American living in China is a foreigner.
A European on a visit to any Asia country is a foreigner.
Most immigrants in the country they immigrated are considered as foreigners until they get their permanent work or residence permit.
In the very recent past, there were several atrocities committed on foreigners by racist groups in countries like Australia, France, Germany and the USA.
In several countries where tourism is the main source of foreign income, the idea that ‘foreigners are like gods visiting our earth’ is instilled in the minds of the locals so that they treat the visitors with respect and the foreigners feel more comfortable and safe, and more and more foreigners visit their countries!
