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stranger
[streyn-jer]
noun
a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance.
He is a perfect stranger to me.
Antonyms:a newcomer in a place or locality.
a stranger in town.
an outsider.
They want no strangers in on the club meetings.
a person who is unacquainted with or unaccustomed to something (usually followed byto ).
He is no stranger to poverty.
a person who is not a member of the family, group, community, or the like, as a visitor or guest.
Our town shows hospitality to strangers.
Law.one not privy or party to an act, proceeding, etc.
stranger
/ ˈٰɪԻə /
noun
any person whom one does not know
a person who is new to a particular locality, from another region, town, etc
a guest or visitor
(foll by to) a person who is unfamiliar (with) or new (to) something
he is no stranger to computers
law a person who is neither party nor privy to a transaction
Other Word Forms
- strangerlike adjective
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
And I was like, “A stranger picked me up in Target to compliment the show.”
In an aphorism sometimes attributed to Leo Tolstoy, sometimes to John Gardner, all literature relies on one of two plots: A person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
It is very frightening to wake up one day and realize that you are a stranger in your own country.
Meanwhile her son found new confidence when he told strangers about his cerebral palsy for the first time.
Recounting those intimate details to a room full of strangers for the second time was "exhausting", Ms Haley later told the BBC.
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