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Definition of overseas :
Over the sea; abroad.
Synonyms:
alien, transatlantic, door-to-door, gaijin, overland, foreign, afield, bumpy, over the sea, across, circuitous, abroad, oversea, in foreign countries, outward, return, round-the-world, beyond the sea, nonstop, foreigner, sea
Usage examples:
- When I went overseas I instructed you to sell. - "The Hidden Places", Bertrand W. Sinclair.
- He was walking through a trench accompanied by General Birdwood, who is Commander- in- Chief of the overseas contingent, and stopped to chat with a group of soldiers who had fought at Gallipoli. - "The War After the War", Isaac Frederick Marcosson.
- Often such young men were third or fourth sons in a family, and influence from overseas, as in Townshend's case, helped establish them in places of honor and authority in the colony. - "Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet Number 17", Annie Lash Jester.