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”).
Pronunciation [edit]
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Audio (US) (file) - IPA: /ˈstɹeɪndʒə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
Adjective [edit]
stranger
- comparative form of strange: more strange
- Truth is stranger than fiction. (English proverb)
Derived terms [edit]
- See strange
Related terms [edit]
- See strange
Noun [edit]
stranger (plural strangers)
- A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
- An outsider or foreigner
- 1961, Robert Heinlein: “Stranger in a Strange Land”
- A newcomer.
- (humorous) One who has not been seen for a long time.
- Hello, stranger!
Synonyms [edit]
- (person whom one does not know):
- (outsider, foreigner): alien, foreigner, foreign national, non-national/nonnational, non-resident/nonresident, outsider
- (newcomer): newbie, newcomer
Antonyms [edit]
- (person whom one does not know): acquaintance, friend
- (outsider, foreigner): compatriot, countryman, fellow citizen, fellow countryman, national, resident
- (newcomer):
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
person whom one does not know
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foreigner
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newcomer
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See also [edit]
Verb [edit]
stranger (third-person singular simple present strangers, present participle strangering, simple past and past participle strangered)
- (obsolete, transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)