stranger

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== stranger comparative form of strange: more strange ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English straunger, from Old French estrangier (“foreign, alien”), from estrange, from Latin extraneus (“foreign, external”) (whence also English estrange), from extra (“outside of”). Cognate with French étranger (“foreigner, stranger”) and Spanish extranjero (“foreigner”). Displaced native Old English fremde (literally “strange or unfamiliar person”). ==== Noun ==== stranger (plural strangers) A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. An outsider or foreigner. One not admitted to communion or fellowship. A newcomer. (humorous) Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows. (obsolete) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. (law) One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right. (obsolete) A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc. (sometimes with "the") A moth, Lacanobia blenna ===== Synonyms ===== (person whom one does not know): (newcomer): newbie, newcomer; see also Thesaurus:newcomer or Thesaurus:beginner ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “person whom one does not know”): acquaintance, friend (antonym(s) of “outsider, foreigner”): compatriot, countryman, fellow citizen, fellow countryman, national, resident (antonym(s) of “newcomer”): ===== Hyponyms ===== (outsider, foreigner): alien, foreigner, foreign national, non-national/nonnational, non-resident/nonresident, outsider; see also Thesaurus:foreigner or Thesaurus:outcast ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== myall ==== Verb ==== stranger (third-person singular simple present strangers, present participle strangering, simple past and past participle strangered) (obsolete, transitive) To estrange; to alienate. === Anagrams === granters, regrants == Middle English == === Noun === stranger alternative form of straunger == Scots == === Adjective === stranger comparative degree of strang comparative degree of strange