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English

Etymology

{{term|estrange||foreign, alien}}, from {{term|extraneus||foreign, external}}, from {{term|extra||outside of}}.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: streɪndʒə
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-stranger.ogg


Adjective

stranger

  2. * Truth is stranger than fiction


Derived terms


Noun

  1. A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
  2. An outsider or foreigner
  3. * 1961, Robert Heinlein: “Stranger in a Strange Land”
  4. A newcomer.


Synonyms


Antonyms


Derived terms


Translations

  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|vreemde|m}}
  • French: {{t+|fr|étranger|m}}, {{t+|fr|étrangère|f}}
  • German: Fremder
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ξένος|m|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|άγνωστος|m|sc=Grek}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|straniero|m}}, {{t-|it|straniera|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|desconocido|m}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|cizinec|m}}
  • French: {{t+|fr|étranger|m}}, {{t+|fr|étrangère|f}}
  • German: Fremder , Ausländer
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ξένος|m|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|αλλοδαπός|m|sc=Grek}}
  • Indonesian: orang asing
  • Italian: {{t+|it|straniero|m}}, {{t-|it|straniera|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t|es|forastero|m}}, {{t+|es|extranjero|m}}
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Anagrams


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. Stranger; superl. Strangest.]
[OE. estrange, F. ['e]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is
without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See
Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.]
1. Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek strange
strands." --Chaucer.
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One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak.
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I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers
tongues. --Ascham.
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2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining
to one's self; not domestic.
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So she, impatient her own faults to see,
Turns from herself, and in strange things delights.
--Sir J.
Davies.
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3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
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Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the
character, I doubt not; and the signet is not
strange to you. --Shak.
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4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual;
irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "He is sick of
a strange fever." --Shak.
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Sated at length, erelong I might perceive
Strange alteration in me. --Milton.
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5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak.
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She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon
learn to love thee. --Hawthorne.
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6. Backward; slow. [Obs.]
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Who, loving the effect, would not be strange
In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl.
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7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
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In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak.
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Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation.
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Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the
snow
High on the Alps, or in deep caves below.
--Waller.
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Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown vessel.

Strange woman (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3.

To make it strange.
(a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning
it. --Shak.
(b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


To make strange, To make one's self strange.
(a) To profess ignorance or astonishment.
(b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7.
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Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing;
marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer;
eccentric.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stranger \Stran"ger\, n. [OF. estrangier, F. ['e]tranger. See
Strange.]
1. One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specifically:
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(a) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
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I am a most poor woman and a stranger,
Born out of your dominions. --Shak.
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(b) One whose home is at a distance from the place where
he is, but in the same country.
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(c) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman
is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to
communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
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Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear,
And strangers to the sun yet ripen here.
--Granville.
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My child is yet a stranger in the world. --Shak.
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I was no stranger to the original. --Dryden.
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2. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a
visitor.
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To honor and receive
Our heavenly stranger. --Milton.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stranger \Stran"ger\, v. t.
To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet stranger
n : anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they
are found [syn: alien, unknown]
Moby Dictionary
Jim Crow , Uitlander , alien , apartheid , auslander , barbarian ,
color bar , deracine , displaced person , division , emigre ,
ethnocentrism , exclusiveness , exile , foreign devil , foreigner ,
gringo , immigrant , insularity , insulation , isolation ,
know-nothingism , narrowness , newcomer , out-group , outcast ,
outlander , outlaw , outsider , parochialism , persona non grata ,
quarantine , race hatred , racial segregation , refugee , seclusion ,
segregation , separation , snobbishness , the Wandering Jew ,
tightness , tramontane , transient , ultramontane , visitor , wanderer ,
xenophobia


Stranger This word generally denotes a person from a foreign land residing in Palestine. Such persons enjoyed many privileges in common with the Jews, but still were separate from them. The relation of the Jews to strangers was regulated by special laws (Deut. 23:3; 24:14-21; 25:5; 26:10-13). A special signification is also sometimes attached to this word. In Gen. 23:4 it denotes one resident in a foreign land; Ex. 23:9, one who is not a Jew; Num. 3:10, one who is not of the family of Aaron; Ps. 69:8, an alien or an unknown person. The Jews were allowed to purchase strangers as slaves (Lev. 25:44, 45), and to take usury from them (Deut. 23:20).
STRANGER, persons, contracts. This word has several significations. 1. A person born out of the United States; but in this sense the term alien is more properly applied, until he becomes naturalized. 2. A person who is not privy to an act or contract; example, he who is a stranger to the issue, shall not take advantage of the verdict. Bro. Ab. Record, pl. 3; Vin. Ab. h.t. pl. 1 and vide Com. Dig. Abatement, H 54. 2. When a man undertakes to do a thing, and a stranger interrupts him, this is no excuse. Com. Dig. Condition, L 14. When a party undertakes that a stranger shall do a certain thing, he becomes liable as soon as the stranger refuses to perform it. Bac. Ab. Conditions, Q 4.
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