stranger

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

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  • (UK) IPA: /ˈstreɪndʒər/
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stranger

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

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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.

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