Meanings
- not comparableBeing born outside of one's country of residence.
“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.
2025 July 25, Matt Egan, “How Trump’s mass deportations could backfire on the American economy by shrinking paychecks”, in CNN Business1 more example
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.
2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019
plural foreign-borns
- A person who was born outside outside of their country of residence or citizenship.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof persons born in another area or country than that lived in
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Danish født i udlandet
- født i udlandetborn abroad
Norwegian Bokmål utenlandsfødt, utenlandskfødt
- utenlandsfødtborn abroad
- utenlandskfødtborn abroad
Swedish utlandsfödd
- utlandsföddborn abroad
Cite this entry
foreign-born. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign-born
“foreign-born.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign-born. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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