stranger

A2
Pronunciation
/ˈstɹeɪndʒə/
/ˈstɹeɪndʒɚ/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • That gentleman is a stranger to me.  Children are taught not to talk to strangers.
2 Definition

An outsider or foreigner.

3 Definition

One not admitted to communion or fellowship.

4 Definition

A newcomer.

5 Definition

One who has not been seen for a long time.

Example Sentences
  • Hello, stranger!
6 Definition

One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.

7 Definition

One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.

Example Sentences
  • Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title.
8 Definition

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.

Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

To estrange; to alienate.

Adjective
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

Example Sentences
  • He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.
2 Definition

Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

Example Sentences
  • I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
3 Definition

Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

4 Definition

Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.

5 Definition

Belonging to another country; foreign.

6 Definition

Reserved; distant in deportment.

7 Definition

Backward; slow.

8 Definition

Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.

9 Definition

Not belonging to one.