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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