stranger
noun
a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance.
strangers
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pluralof stranger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It’s even better if you build them between two strangers that don’t know each other, that now have commonality that has nothing to do with you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
What information can strangers find out about me at the click of a button?
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
And it is still, for me and for the strangers arriving on its shore, the difference between drowning and being born.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
A disgraced funeral director who failed to bury or cremate people and gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers has been jailed for 20 years.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Lemuel knew Lyman, his wife and daughter; but the rest of the company were strangers, including Mr. Calvin Brown, Mrs. Leah Fish, her daughter Lizzie, and Mrs. Fox with her daughter Kate.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
