stranger
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
The English word “stranger” has 10 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
- An outsider or foreigner.
- One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
- A newcomer.
- Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows.
- One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
- One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
- 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.
- A moth, Lacanobia blenna
verb
Etymology
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