enemy alien

[ en-uh-mee ey-lee-uhn, eyl-yuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person residing in a country at war with the country of which they are a citizen.

First recorded in 1945–50

Enemy alien or not, Madame Misel was certainly very thoughtful to want to take the trouble for the pet.

Still, she was surprised and hurt to find herself described as “an enemy alien.”

The President by proclamation extended enemy alien restrictions to women also.

Government had investigated his activities; Government had found nothing for which to order his internment as an enemy alien.

In Halle the police forbade a performance because one of those who took part was an “enemy alien.”

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