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stranger

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1. stranger - Noun

2. stranger - Adjective

3. stranger - Verb

Meaning

One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.

One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.

One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.

One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.

One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.

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.

To estrange; to alienate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Abdul-Quadri Olaide Yusuf: When it comes to North Korea's leader, facts really are stranger than fiction! Source: Internet

According to these allegations, the practice was initially successful, but Army Air Force combat aircrews quickly developed and established standard procedures to first warn off, and then fire upon any "stranger" trying to join a group's formation. Source: Internet

Actor Brett Dalton is no stranger to portraying memorable villains, after starring on the first four seasons of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as the Hydra double agent Grant Ward. Source: Internet

A Discourse of Sallets : "Sellery, apium Italicum, (and of the Petroseline Family) was formerly a stranger with us (nor very long since in Italy) is an hot and more generous sort of Macedonian Persley or Smallage. Source: Internet

Act 2 As act two opens, the two groups are now in bitter rivalry over who is the normal group (“A-1 March”) Another stranger, a French woman in a feathered coat appears. Source: Internet

After handing the stranger a drawing of a heart pierced by an arrow, Buckman flies away, but he quickly returns and hugs the stranger, after which they strike up a friendly conversation. Source: Internet

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