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furriner

[ fur-uh-ner, fuhr- ]

noun

, Dialect.
  1. a foreigner.


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Example Sentences

As the principal was showing him over the place, a girl passed through the library, and the "furriner" was presented.

Any “furriner” from down below might wander here, whipping the stream; or any one of the neighborhood might chance on the spot.

The second mate and me, we got to know each other up to the inn—he's a furriner, he is—a Don, more'n likely.

As it was, I turned up rather abruptly in a backwoods settlement where the “furriner” was more than a nine-days wonder.

Well, I don't blame yer; of course, 'e is a furriner; but I'm not one to say as furriners ain't no class.

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