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Stran"ger (?), n. [OF. estrangier, F. étranger. See Strange.] 1. One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specifically: --

(a) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.

I am a most poor woman and a stranger,
Born out of your dominions.
Shak.

(b) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.

(c) 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.

2. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.

To honor and receive
Our heavenly stranger.
Milton.

3. (Law) 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.

Stran"ger, v. t. To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] Shak.

Stran"ger (?), n. [OF. estrangier, F. étranger. See Strange.] 1. One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specifically: --

(a) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.

I am a most poor woman and a stranger,
Born out of your dominions.
Shak.

(b) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.

(c) 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.

2. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.

To honor and receive
Our heavenly stranger.
Milton.

3. (Law) 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.

Stran"ger, v. t. To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] Shak.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

STRANGER. A guinea.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

  • (compare) of strange
         
  • "Truth is stranger than fiction" English proverb
  • Someone who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
  • An outsider, foreigner or newcomer
         
  • "Stranger in a Strange Land" Robert Heinlein, 1961
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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