stranger
stranger Lexical Profile
stranger Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar.
"Parents often teach young children not to accept rides or gifts from a stranger."
A person who is in a place or group that they have not visited or belonged to before; a newcomer or outsider.
"As a stranger in the small coastal village, he drew curious glances from the local shopkeepers."
A person who is completely unaccustomed to or inexperienced in a particular activity, feeling, or situation (usually followed by 'to').
"Having grown up on a working farm, she was no stranger to hard physical labor."
• adjective
More unusual, surprising, or difficult to understand or explain; comparative form of strange.
"The truth behind the disappearance turned out to be far stranger than any of the rumors."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French estrangier ('foreigner, alien'), derived from Latin extraneus ('foreign, external'), from extra ('outside').