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.

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