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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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stranger


stranger is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specifically: --

[2] One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions. Shak.

[3] One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.

[4] 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. Granville. My child is yet a stranger in the world. Shak. I was no stranger to the original. Dryden.

[5] One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger. Milton.

[6] 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.


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