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strangerlike

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stran⋅ger

  [streyn-jer]
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–noun
1. a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance: He is a perfect stranger to me.
2. a newcomer in a place or locality: a stranger in town.
3. an outsider: They want no strangers in on the club meetings.
4. a person who is unacquainted with or unaccustomed to something (usually fol. by to): He is no stranger to poverty.
5. a person who is not a member of the family, group, community, or the like, as a visitor or guest: Our town shows hospitality to strangers.
6. Law. one not privy or party to an act, proceeding, etc.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < MF estrangier, equiv. to estrange strange + -ier -ier 2

Related forms:
stran⋅ger⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
1, 5. Stranger, alien, foreigner all refer to someone regarded as outside of or distinct from a particular group. Stranger may apply to one who does not belong to some group—social, professional, national, etc.—or may apply to a person with whom one is not acquainted. Alien emphasizes a difference in political allegiance and citizenship from that of the country in which one is living. Foreigner emphasizes a difference in language, customs, and background.

Antonyms:
1. acquaintance.
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Main Entry: strang·er
Function: noun
: someone who is not a party or in privity with a party (as to a contract or legal action) stranger to the contract>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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