List of words meaning outsider, foreigner or "not one of us"
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This is a list of words meaning outsider, foreigner or "not one of us". Though often such words are not used with an intent of disrespect nor contempt, their nature of non-inclusion sometimes makes them offensive terms.
A number of words, such as newbie, epigone, dilettante that have a different meaning of pesons with inferior expertise may also be used in the sense of a outsider with respect to a class of "experts".
Similarly, the terms such as plebs, may be used to denote outsiders with respect to "higher social classes."
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Alphabetized list
Legend:
- - Words which have not been fully appropriated into the English language are in italics.
- - Words that have lost their original meaning in English are marked by "—".
- - Words that have a different original meaning in English are marked by "+".
- - Words that are a direct translation of "alien", "foreigner" or similar are marked by "=".
- Ajami – ancient Arabs
- Alien – a general-purpose term; ranging from foreigners to extraterrestrials
- Ang Mo – Singapore – Hokkien
- = Ausländer – German
- —Barbarian – Rome – Latin & Greek
- +Babylon – Rastafari movement
- Carpetbagger – Reconstruction-era U.S. South. Primarily used for Northern (US) profiteers following the (US) Civil War.
- C.F.A. meaning "come from away" – Newfoundland
- Cheechako – Alaska
- City slicker – Countryside
- + Civilian – police, military, or other uniformed services. Interestingly, military personnel and police consider each other to be civilians
- + English – Amish – Pennsylvania-Dutchified English
- Erdaldun – Basque language, a speaker of a foreign tongue (usually Spanish or French)
- = Farang – Persia – Persian– a Persian word for foreigner, incorporated into Hindi and Thai languages
- = Farang – Thailand – Thai– (An English language magazine by the same name is published there specifically for the expatriate community).
- Firangi – India – - means not of the same color.
- + Flatlander – Vermont
- Gadje/Gorgio – Roma (people) – Romany
- = Gaijin – Japan – Japanese (although these days gaikokujin is becoming popular because of its "softer" meaning.)
- Gall – Irish
- Gentile – Mormonism – Judaism – Latin.
- Giaour – non-Muslim (infidel)
- Goy – Judaism – Hebrew, also Yiddish. Plural Goyim. The word literally means "people"
- Gook– American– primarily U.S. military usage.
- Gweilo – Hong Kong – Cantonese
- = Haole – Hawaii – Hawaiian, also adopted colloquially with the same definition by other indigenous island cultures as far away as Palau
- Hick – Cities
- Infidel – Christianity – Latin
- Karmis (meaning "workers"); ISKCON Hare Krishna movement.
- = Laowai – China
- NOCD (NOKD) – 'Not Our Class (Kind), Dear' – United States
- Outlander
- Pākehā – New Zealand – New Zealand English adapted from Māori
- Paleface – used by Native Americans
- Pardesi – India
- Shaguts – Judaism – Yiddish
- Shiksa – Judaism – Yiddish (specifically female)
- + Square (slang) – Jazz
- + Textile – nudism
- = Utböling – Swedish language
- + Vanilla – BDSM
- Videshi – India
- Waiguoren – China, Taiwan
- Weigukin in Korea
- —Welsh – English – Old English
- —Vlach – Eastern Europe – Slavic languages
- Wog – British Empire. Reported to be an acronym for "Worthy Oriental Gentleman" (used ironically).
- + Worldly – Jehovah's Witnesses – English
- Zugereister – Germany, Austria – German
- Zugezogener – Germany, Austria – German
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Lists by originator
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List by nation, ethnicity or religion
- Alaska: Cheechako
- Ancient Arabs: Ajami
- Akkadian: Babylon
- Basque language: Erdaldun, a speaker of a foreign tongue (usually Spanish or French)
- German: Ausländer
- From Ancient Greece: Barbarian
- Singapore,Hokkien: Ang Mo
- Thailand, Thai: Farang (An English language magazine by the same name is published there specifically for the expatriate community).
Other
- Alien – a general-purpose term; ranging from foreigners to extraterrestrials
- Rastafari movement: Babylon
- Countryside: City slicker
- Reconstruction-era U.S. South: Carpetbagger
