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Alien
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- 1 Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
"alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores"
- 2 Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
"principles alien to our religion"
- 3 Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.
"It had a peculiar alien tallness, a peculiar alien flattened head, peculiar slitty little alien eyes[.]"
- 1 being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world wordnet
- 2 not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something wordnet
- 1 Alternative form of Alian. alt-of, alternative
"Premier Chiang Ching-kuo traveled to Alien village in Kaohsiung county May 23 to inspect the Chung-chou No. 3 oilwell prospect of Chinese Petroleum Corporation."
- 1 A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
"An animated film intended to inform travellers about the dangers that alien species present to Arctic ecosystems is being released today. The message is that it is important to ensure that nobody accidentally brings alien species with them as stowaways in their clothing, baggage or equipment."
- 2 a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere wordnet
- 3 A citizen or national of another sovereign state.
"An alien born may purchase lands, or other estates: but not for his own use; for the king is thereupon entitled to them."
- 4 a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country wordnet
- 5 A mischievous or suspicious foreigner. derogatory, sometimes
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- 6 anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found wordnet
- 7 Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
"You might not have much use for me. You spend too much time with the damn aliens, pretending your time in the gangs back on Earth never happened. I know you weren't happy when I found you at the Citadel a couple years back. But I'm glad you're on this. I hope you find whoever took my people on Freedom's Progress and kick their scaly asses. I'm glad it's a human finding these bastards."
- 8 One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
"[…]aliens from the common wealth of Iſrael[…]"
- 1 To estrange; to alienate. transitive
- 2 transfer property or ownership wordnet
- 3 To transfer the ownership of something.
Etymology
From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Related to English else.
From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Related to English else.
From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Related to English else.
Borrowed from Mandarin 阿蓮 (Ālián) Wade–Giles romanization: A¹-lien².
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