furriner

[ fur-uh-ner, fuhr- ]

/ ˈfɜr ə nər, ˈfʌr- /

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a foreigner.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

As the principal was showing him over the place, a girl passed through the library, and the "furriner" was presented.
The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck
Any “furriner” from down below might wander here, whipping the stream; or any one of the neighborhood might chance on the spot.
Heart of the Blue Ridge|Waldron Baily
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.
His Lordship's Leopard|David Dwight Wells
As it was, I turned up rather abruptly in a backwoods settlement where the “furriner” was more than a nine-days wonder.
Our Southern Highlanders|Horace Kephart

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.
A Girl Among the Anarchists|Isabel Meredith