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Definition stranger

Etymology

From Old French estrangier (�foreign, alien�), from estrange, from Latin extraneus (�foreign, external�) (whence also English estrange), from extra (�outside of�). Displaced native Old English eldritch. Cognate with French �tranger (�foreigner, stranger�) and Spanish extranjero (�foreigner�).

Adjective

stranger

1. comparative form of strange: more strange

Noun

stranger (plural strangers)

1. A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
2. An outsider or foreigner.
3. One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
4. A newcomer.
5. (humorous) One who has not been seen for a long time.
6. (obsolete) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
7. (law) One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
8. (obsolete) A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc.

Verb

stranger (third-person singular simple present strangers, present participle strangering, simple past and past participle strangered)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To estrange; to alienate.

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