Usually means: Born in a different country.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word foreign-born:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. foreign-born: Merriam-Webster
  2. foreign-born: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. foreign-born, foreign-born: Collins English Dictionary
  4. foreign-born: Vocabulary.com
  5. Foreign-Born, Foreign-born, foreign-born: Wordnik
  6. foreign-born: Wiktionary
  7. foreign-born: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. foreign-born: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. foreign-born: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. foreign-born: Dictionary.com
  11. foreign-born: Rhymezone
  12. foreign-born: FreeDictionary.org
  13. foreign-born: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. foreign-born: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foreign-born: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (foreign-born)

▸ adjective:  Being born outside of one's country of residence.

Similar:
foreign, nonnative, expatriate, exterior, overseas, xenogenetic, international, outen, outland, extrageneous, more...

Opposite:
native-born, indigenous, homegrown

Phrases:
Foreign-born population of the United Kingdom, Foreign-born population of Australia, more...

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Similar:
foreign, nonnative, expatriate, exterior, overseas, xenogenetic, international, outen, outland, extrageneous, more...

Opposite:
native-born, indigenous, homegrown

Phrases:
Foreign-born population of the United Kingdom, Foreign-born population of Australia, more...



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