Definition of foreign

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Foreign (a.) Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature..

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Consul :: Consul (n.) An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen..
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood..
Tycoon :: Tycoon (n.) The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners..
Xenomania :: Xenomania (n.) A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, foreign customs, institutions, manners, fashions, etc..
Latinize :: Latinize (v. t.) To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin..
Plenipotentiary :: Plenipotentiary (n.) A person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business..
Mercenary :: Mercenary (n.) One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service..
Exotic :: Exotic (n.) Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom..
Factor :: Factor (n.) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker..
Seminary :: Seminary (n.) A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
Organ :: Organ (n.) A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc..
Remote :: Remote (superl.) Not agreeing; alien; foreign.
Exterior :: Exterior (a.) Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom..
Safe-conduct :: Safe-conduct (n.) a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign countr.
Charge D''affaires :: Charge d'affaires (n.) A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary..
Possession :: Possession (n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions..
Surrenderee :: Surrender (n.) The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition..
Untraveled :: Untraveled (a.) Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained knowledge or experience by travel; as, an untraveled Englishman..
Praemunire :: Praemunire (n.) The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom..
Net :: Net (a.) Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc..
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