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"foreigner" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often outlander (9 letters).
Definitions
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
Word origin
From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.
Used in a sentence
“For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Person from overseas”9 letters
02“Person from abroad”9 letters
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