alien

  1. Noun.  A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
  2. Noun.  A foreigner residing in a country.
  3. Noun.  Any life form of extraterrestrial origin.
  4. Adjective.  Pertaining to an alien.
  5. Adjective.  Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
  7. Verb.  (legal) To transfer the ownership of something.

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