stranger
IPA: strˈeɪndʒɝ
noun
- A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
- An outsider or foreigner.
- One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
- A newcomer.
- (humorous) One who has not been seen for a long time.
- (obsolete) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
- (law) One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
- (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
- (obsolete, transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
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Examples of "stranger" in Sentences
- They befriended the stranger.
- He was afraid to meet a stranger.
- It is kind to befriend with a stranger.
- The man charged for thrashing strangers.
- The post was misdirected to the stranger.
- The herdsman leaves to fetch the strangers.
- The babe in the manger was no Hebrew stranger.
- The Boxer is docile but distrustful of strangers.
- Xenophobia is the fear of strangers and the unknown.
- The men should not have alienated the stranger from their group.
- "_Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger_."
- I pressed him on his use of the term "stranger" to refer to LGBT individuals.
- And the stranger is attracting more of them than Odd has ever seen in one place.
- Rolling down your window in DC for a stranger is a sure way to become a statistic.
- Assuming a rape cannot possibly occur between friends, colleagues or family members is on par with how most children define the term "stranger."
- Â 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.
- _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_
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