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.
