Stranger /(?)/
Stran·ger
Stranger
n.
- One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.
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One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions.
- One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
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One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear, And strangers to the sun yet ripen here.
My child is yet a stranger in the world.
I was no stranger to the original.
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One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger.
- One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy. (Law)
Stranger
v. t.
- To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.]