- (a.) Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
- (n.) One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
- (a.) Not belonging to the same country, land or government or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
- (n.) A foreigner; one owing allegiance or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.
- (v.t.) To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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