alien

1. 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
2. 2

   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.
   • The counsel have shown conclusively that they are not a state of the union, and have insisted that individually they are aliens, not owing allegiance to the United States.
3. 3

   A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.derogatorysometimes

4. 4

   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
5. 5

   One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.

   • […]aliens from the common wealth of Iſrael[…]

syn. outlander

1. 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. 2

   Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

   • principles alien to our religion
3. 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. 1

   To estrange; to alienate.transitive

2. 2

   To transfer the ownership of something.