stranger

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Old French estrangier (foreign, alien), from Latin extraneus (foreign, external) (whence also English estrange), from extra (outside of).

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stranger

  1. comparative form of strange: more strange
    • Truth is stranger than fiction. (English proverb)

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Noun [edit]

stranger (plural strangers)

  1. A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
  2. An outsider or foreigner
    • 1961, Robert Heinlein: “Stranger in a Strange Land”
  3. A newcomer.
  4. (humorous) One who has not been seen for a long time.
    Hello, stranger!

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Verb [edit]

stranger (third-person singular simple present strangers, present participle strangering, simple past and past participle strangered)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

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