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”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
stranger
- comparative form of strange: more strange
- Truth is stranger than fiction (English proverb)
[edit] Derived terms
- See strange
[edit] Related terms
- See strange
[edit] Noun
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.
[edit] Synonyms
- (person whom one does not know):
- (outsider, foreigner): alien, foreigner, foreign national, non-national/nonnational, non-resident/nonresident, outsider
- (newcomer): newbie, newcomer
[edit] Antonyms
- (person whom one does not know): acquaintance, friend
- (outsider, foreigner): compatriot, coutryman, fellow citizen, fellow countryman, national, one of us, resident
- (newcomer):
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[edit] Translations
person whom one does not know
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foreigner
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newcomer
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