Definitions | alien |
| noun
- (1340) A person, animal, plant or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
- () A foreigner who is not a subject of the country in which he lives.
- (1935) Any life form of non-Earth origin.
verb
- To estrange; to alienate
adjective
- (1330) Pertaining to an alien.
- (1382) Being exceedingly unfamiliar with or removed from a concept.
Etymology: From Latin alienus, aliÄnus, "belonging to someone else", then "exotic, foreign", from alius, "other". Cognate with Ancient Greek (allos), "another, different" and Old English elles, "else".
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