stranger

UK /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ US /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/
noun 5verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.

That gentleman is a stranger to me.

Children are taught not to talk to strangers.

2

An outsider or foreigner.

I am a most poor woman and a stranger, / Born out of your dominions.

Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear, / And strangers to the sun yet ripen here.

3

One not admitted to communion or fellowship.

4

A newcomer.

[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.

The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage.

5

Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows.

Hello, stranger!

verb

1

To estrange; to alienate.

Dowered with our curse, and strangered with our oath

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