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stranger
[ streyn-jer ]
noun
- a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance:
He is a perfect stranger to me.
Antonyms: acquaintance
- a newcomer in a place or locality:
a stranger in town.
- an outsider:
They want no strangers in on the club meetings.
- a person who is unacquainted with or unaccustomed to something (usually followed by to ):
He is no stranger to poverty.
- a person who is not a member of the family, group, community, or the like, as a visitor or guest:
Our town shows hospitality to strangers.
- Law. one not privy or party to an act, proceeding, etc.
stranger
/ ˈstreɪndʒə /
noun
- any person whom one does not know
- a person who is new to a particular locality, from another region, town, etc
- a guest or visitor
- foll by to a person who is unfamiliar (with) or new (to) something
he is no stranger to computers
- law a person who is neither party nor privy to a transaction
Other Words From
- stranger·like adjective
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Example Sentences
Estrada, who previously led legal and policy operations at Bird and government relations at Lyft, is no stranger to playing ball with regulatory agencies.
From what career you choose to what sandwich you want for lunch, we care about what our friends, families, and complete strangers think—otherwise, Yelp wouldn’t exist.
You brush against strangers in the street and see what reaction your touch evokes.
A total stranger had lost access to his bitcoin private keys—and wanted Stay’s help getting his $300,000 back.
In the first study, singles went on a blind date with a stranger and reported how things went.
When I first arrived at Duke, hooking up with a stranger seemed like a way to shed my inhibitions.
And his pitiless beliefs would be no stranger to the political discourse of today.
The rate of partner violence dwarfs the number of women who experience sexual assault from a stranger (7%).
“The social convention of not talking to a stranger was fairly rigid at the time,” Weber told me.
As Europe closes its shores to immigrants and refugees, the pope asks for welcome of the stranger fleeing war.
Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
Weimar being such a "kleines Nest (little nest)," as Liszt calls it, every stranger is immediately remarked.
The stranger was approaching the front entrance, Hedges was wheeling off to the back; but the former turned and spoke.
"I read a notice of his marriage in the public papers," continued the stranger, whose eyes were fixed on Hedges.
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