enemy alien

collocation in English

meaningsofenemyandalien

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enemy
noun
uk
/ˈen.ə.mi/us
/ˈen.ə.mi/
a person who hates or opposes another person and tries to harm them or stop them from ...
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alien
adjective
uk
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/us
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/
relating to creatures from ...
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(Definition ofenemyandalienfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All persons who were not sufficiently established provincially resident subjects could be potentially treated asenemyalienequivalents.
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The other brother is not naturalised yet, although he applied in 1914, when he was registered as anenemyalien.
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Would not the better plan be to remove all postmasters ofenemyalienorigin?
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It is playing with words to talk about that man as anenemyalien.
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We have already provided for the case of a woman who is married to anenemyalien.
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It is simply a device to keep everyenemyalienin this country.
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Everyenemyalienwhose case was investigated by us made a statement to us in writing from his internment camp.
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It says, in effect, that no formerenemyalienshall be deported unless two things happen.
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In the case of anenemyalienhis property is taken away from him once for all.
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I have not heard of a case in which anenemyalienhas been allowed to change his name.
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There is a difficulty with regard to a civilenemyalienwho is a refugee in this country and is resident as a civilian.
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Is it true that anybody born in an enemy country is anenemyalien?
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I will give another illustration of a naturalisedenemyalien.
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He has to formulate the charge, giving full particulars, against the formerenemyalienwhom he desires to have deported.
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Anenemyalienon a charge of espionage has the same right.
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That is not the definition of anenemyalien.
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It was the internment of everyenemyalienbetween 16 and 70 years of age at that time in a certain coastal strip.
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I understand that this special provision does not apply to neutral, but only toenemyaliencertificates.
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