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stranger definition

stran·ger (strān′jər)

noun

  1. an outsider, newcomer, or foreigner
  2. Now Rare a guest or visitor
  3. a person not known or familiar to one; person who is not an acquaintance
  4. a person unaccustomed (to something specified); novice a stranger to hate
  5. Law a person who is not party (to an act, agreement, title, etc.)

Etymology: ME < MFr estranger < OFr estrange: see strange

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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