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foreign-born

adj

Etymology

From foreign + born.

  1. derived from *beraną✻ — “to bear, carry”
  2. inherited from *buranaz✻
  3. inherited from *boran✻
  4. inherited from boren
  5. inherited from born
  6. compounded as foreign-born — “foreign + born”

Definitions

  1. Being born outside of one's country of residence.

    • Jewish immigrants came together with other foreign-born groups in organizations like the Industrial Workers of the World, helping to create one of the cornerstones of the American left.
    • “There are a lot of jobs in the US that native-born people don’t want – and foreign-born people are happy to have,” said Stephanie Roth, chief economist at Wolfe Research.

  2. A person who was born outside outside of their country of residence or citizenship.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foreign-born. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA