noun
Meaning 1
Someone who is not a citizen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It can be very difficult to hire a noncitizen.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
noncitizen
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noun
Meaning 2
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foreigner, alien, outlander
Antonyms: citizen
Broader terms: traveler, traveller
Narrower terms: au pair, exile, deportee, gringo, import, importee, metic
History
Etymology
From non- + citizen.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: неграмадзя́нін (njehramadzjánin) — someone who is not a citizen
- Belarusian: неграмадзя́нка (njehramadzjánka) — someone who is not a citizen
- Estonian: mittekodanik — someone who is not a citizen
- Finnish: ulkomaan kansalainen — someone who is not a citizen
- French: non-citoyen — someone who is not a citizen
- French: non-citoyenne — someone who is not a citizen
- German: Nichtbürger — someone who is not a citizen
- German: Nichtbürgerin — someone who is not a citizen
- Italian: non cittadino — someone who is not a citizen
- Italian: non cittadina — someone who is not a citizen
- Latvian: nepilsonis — someone who is not a citizen
- Latvian: nepilsone — someone who is not a citizen
- Lithuanian: nepilietis — someone who is not a citizen
- Lithuanian: nepilietė — someone who is not a citizen
- Polish: nieobywatel — someone who is not a citizen
- Polish: nieobywatelka — someone who is not a citizen
- Russian: неграждани́н (negraždanín) — someone who is not a citizen
- Russian: негражда́нка (negraždánka) — someone who is not a citizen
- Slovene: nedržavljan — someone who is not a citizen
- Slovene: nedržavljanka — someone who is not a citizen
- Swedish: icke-medborgare — someone who is not a citizen
- Ukrainian: негромадянин (nehromadjanyn) — someone who is not a citizen
- Ukrainian: негромадянка (nehromadjanka) — someone who is not a citizen