Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
- noun A foreigner, newcomer, or outsider.
- noun One who is unaccustomed to or unacquainted with something specified; a novice.
- noun Law One that is neither privy nor party to a title, act, or contract.
- noun Archaic A visitor or guest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To estrange; alienate.
- noun A name in Victoria and Tasmania for a labroid fish, Odax richardsoni. Also called
rock-whiting . - noun One who comes from another country or region; a foreigner.
- noun A person with whom one is not acquainted; one whose name and character are unknown.
- noun One who is ignorant (of) or unacquainted (with): with to.
- noun One not belonging to the house; a guest; a visitor.
- noun In law, one not privy or party to an act.
- noun Some thing popularly supposed or humorously said to betoken the approach of a stranger or guest, as guttering in a candle or a teastalk in a cup of tea.
- noun Specifically, in entomology, the noctuid moth Hadena peregrina: an English collectors' name.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To estrange; to alienate.
- noun One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.
- noun One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
- noun One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
- noun One who is unknown or unacquainted; ; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
- noun One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
- noun (Law) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
comparative form ofstrange : morestrange - noun A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a
friend nor anacquaintance . - noun An
outsider orforeigner - noun A
newcomer . - noun humorous One who has not been seen for a long time.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
estrange ; toalienate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an individual that one is not acquainted with
- noun anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"_Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger_."
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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"_Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger_."
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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_The comedy of Wilmot successful: The wounded stranger seen at a distance: Oratory abandoned with regret: The dangers that attend being honest: A new invitation from Hector: A journey deferred by an arrest, and another accidental sight of the stranger_
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Thomas Holcroft 1777
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I pressed him on his use of the term "stranger" to refer to LGBT individuals.
Mira Sucharov: Judaic Change And Recognizing Gay Difference Mira Sucharov 2011
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I pressed him on his use of the term "stranger" to refer to LGBT individuals.
Mira Sucharov: Judaic Change And Recognizing Gay Difference Mira Sucharov 2011
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Assuming a rape cannot possibly occur between friends, colleagues or family members is on par with how most children define the term "stranger."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Hayley Rose Horzepa 2011
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And the stranger is attracting more of them than Odd has ever seen in one place.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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And the stranger is attracting more of them than Odd has ever seen in one place.
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 Then, when he starts getting tired of having a brother, he then decides the stranger is a liar, so he sets up a fake deathtrap that actually KILLS him.
Hero History: Mon-El | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Rolling down your window in DC for a stranger is a sure way to become a statistic.
hernesheir commented on the word stranger
It's a particular fish, in bilby-land.
rock-whiting
February 15, 2013