stranger
/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance; An outsider or foreigner; A newcomer
- plural
- strangers
Meanings
- 1
A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance
Tom is a stranger here.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
The stranger came towards me.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
An outsider or foreigner
- 3
A newcomer
- 4
One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor
- 5
One not admitted to communion or fellowshiprare
- 6
Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knowsrare
- 7
One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without rightrare
- 8
A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etcrare
- 9
A moth, Lacanobia blennarare