Alien enemy

Alien enemy
Alien Al"ien, a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See {Else}.] 1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores. [1913 Webster]

2. Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion. [1913 Webster]

An alien sound of melancholy. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]

{Alien enemy} (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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