straunger

English

Noun

straunger (plural straungers)

1. Obsolete form of stranger.
   • 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:

     The number of them ſhould be repleniſhed with their neighbours and ſtraungers in like manner, which ſhould be very well brought vp, and be able men beſides to ſerue the common wealth: […]

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French estrangier; equivalent to straunge +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

• stranger, strangere, strangher, strangier, straungier, straungior, strawnger, strayngour, stronger

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strau̯nˈd͡ʒeːr/, /ˈstrau̯nd͡ʒər/, (late) /ˈstraːnd͡ʒər/

Noun

straunger (plural straungers)

1. An outsider or foreigner (person from an outside group or country)
2. A stranger; an unfamiliar individual.
3. A guest or journeyer; someone travelling or staying.
4. (rare) Someone from another family.

Descendants

• English: stranger

References

• “straunǧer(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adjective

straunger

1. comparative degree of straunge