STRANGER
\stɹˈe͡ɪnd͡ʒə], \stɹˈeɪndʒə], \s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n_dʒ_ə]\
Definitions of STRANGER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
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One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
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One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A foreigner; a guest or visitor; one who is unknown or who is not an acquaintance; one who is unfamiliar with a certain thing; as, he is a stranger to every language but his own.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A foreigner: one from home: one unknown or unacquainted: a guest or visitor: one not admitted to communion or fellowship.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald