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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 followed by to): He is no stranger to poverty.
5.
EXPANDa 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.
COLLAPSELaw. one not privy or party to an act, proceeding, etc.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Middle French estrangier, equivalent to estrange strange + -ier -ier2
1325–75; Middle English < Middle French estrangier, equivalent to estrange strange + -ier -ier2
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.
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.
1. acquaintance.
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Strangers
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Stranger, The
noun
(French, L'Étranger), a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
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