Functionary and Foreign

noun

• A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
  • synonyms: official

(n.) One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.

adjective

• Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own. )
  • usage: "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
• Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world.
  • usage: "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
  • synonyms: strange
• Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
  • usage: "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
  • synonyms: alien
• Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source.
  • usage: "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
  • synonyms: extraneous

• (a.) Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits.
• (a.) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
• (a.) Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.
• (a.) Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.

Of concern to, or concerning the affairs of, other nations (other than your own) (Example: Foreign trade or Foreign company).