Stranger Definition
strānjər
strangers
noun
strangers
An outsider, newcomer, or foreigner.
Webster's New World
A person not known or familiar to one; person who is not an acquaintance.
Webster's New World
A guest or visitor.
Webster's New World
A person unaccustomed (to something specified); novice.
An athlete who is no stranger to physical pain.
Webster's New World
A person who is not party (to an act, agreement, title, etc.)
Webster's New World
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Antonyms:
- acquaintance
- local
- friend
- native
- familiar
- acquaintance. See syn. study at alien.alien
- citizen
- inhabitant
adjective
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verb
(obsolete) To estrange; to alienate.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Stranger
Noun
Singular:
stranger
Plural:
strangersOrigin of Stranger
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Old French estrangier (“foreign, alien"), from Latin extraneus (“foreign, external") (whence also English estrange), from extra (“outside of").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French estrangier from estrange strange strange
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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