furriner

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Noun

furriner (plural furriners)

1. (Now chiefly pejorative) dialectal variant of foreigner
   • 1853(?), John Greenleaf Whittier, Yankee Gypsies,

     I took this 'ere paper, you see, to help a poor furriner, who could n't make himself understood any more than a wild goose.

Related terms

• furrin

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