Sekirov Dictionary

stranger

UK /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/US /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/

noun 9
verb 1
forms 3

noun9

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a person you do not know and have never met
- That gentleman is a stranger to me.
- Children are taught not to talk to strangers.
•
An outsider or foreigner.
- I am a most poor woman and a stranger, / Born out of your dominions. — 1613
One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
A newcomer.
•
(humorous) Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows.
- Hello, stranger!
•
One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
- Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title.
A moth, Lacanobia blenna
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(no longer used) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
- To honour and receive / Our heavenly stranger. — 1667
(no longer used) A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc.

verb1

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(no longer used) To estrange; to alienate.
- Dowered with our curse, and strangered with our oath — 1603

forms

strangered · strangering · strangers

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