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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Alien(e, Alyen(e, n. and a. Also: aliane. [ME. alien(e, alyen(e (c 1330), OF. alien, L. aliēnus belonging to another person or place.] a. n. A stranger or foreigner. b. adj. Strange, foreign.a. a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 1366 (as alyene to leff me ymang vnknawine men). c1420 Wynt. ii. 672 (all alienys thai banyst hale); v. 3245 (thai put tha alyenis away). a1500 Colk. Sow 525 (one aliane come from beyond the sé). 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 121 (na stranger merchand nor aliene may buy … bot fra ane burges).b. 14.. Acts I. 308/2 (gif ony alien schip come).

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