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1. (n.) stranger
a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance.
2. stranger
a newcomer in a place:
a stranger in town.
3. stranger
a person who does not belong to the family, group, or community; an outsider:
Our town shows hospitality to strangers.
4. stranger
a person unacquainted with or unaccustomed to something:
no stranger to poverty.
5. stranger
a person not legally party to an act, proceeding, etc.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < MF estrangier=estrangestrange+-ier -ier2)
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| Definition of 'Stranger' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) stranger, alien, unknown
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
2. (noun) stranger
an individual that one is not acquainted with
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1. (noun) stranger
sb you do not know
We teach children not to talk to strangers.; I'm not shy about asking complete/total strangers for help.
2. stranger
be no stranger to
to have plenty of experience of
He's no stranger to controversy.
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| Definition of 'Stranger' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Stranger
one who is strange, foreign, or unknown
2. (noun) Stranger
one who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner
3. (noun) Stranger
one whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country
4. (noun) Stranger
one who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance
5. (noun) Stranger
one not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor
6. (noun) Stranger
one not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy
7. (verb) Stranger
to estrange; to alienate
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Sense: a person who is unknown to oneself
I've met her once before, so she's not a complete stranger (to me).
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 Afrikaans: vreemdeling |
 Arabic: غَريب |
 Bulgarian: непознат |
 Brazilian: estranho |
 Czech: cizí člověk |
 German: der/die Fremde |
 Danish: ukendt; fremmed |
 Greek: άγνωστος, ξένος |
 Spanish: extraño, desconocido |
 Estonian: võõras |
 Farsi: آدم غريب |
 Finnish: vieras |
 French: étranger/-ère |
 Hebrew: זָר |
 Hindi: अपरिचित व्यक्ति |
 Croatian: neznanac |
 Hungarian: idegen |
 Indonesian: orang asing |
 Icelandic: ókunnugur maður |
 Italian: estraneo |
 Japanese: 見知らぬ人 |
 Korean: 이상한 사람 |
 Lithuanian: nepažįstamasis |
 Latvian: svešinieks; nepazīstamais |
 Malay: orang asing |
 Dutch: vreemdeling |
 Norwegian: fremmed, ukjent |
 Polish: obcy |
 Persian: آدم غريب |
 Pashto: غریب سړی |
 Portuguese: estranho |
 Romanian: străin |
 Russian: незнакомец |
 Slovak: cudzí človek |
 Slovenian: tujec |
 Serbian: stranac |
 Swedish: främling |
 Thai: คนแปลกหน้า |
 Turkish: yabancı |
 Taiwanese: 陌生人 |
 Ukrainian: незнайомець, стороння осо |
 Urdu: اجنبی |
 Vietnamese: người lạ |
 Chinese: 陌生人 |
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