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Meaning of stranger

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

stranger

Pronunciation:/ˈstɹeɪndʒə//ˈstɹeɪndʒɚ/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

    Example: He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.

  2. Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

    Example: I moved to a strange town when I was ten.

  3. Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

  4. Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.

noun

Definitions

  1. A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.

    Example: That gentleman is a stranger to me.  Children are taught not to talk to strangers.

  2. An outsider or foreigner.

  3. One not admitted to communion or fellowship.

  4. A newcomer.

verb

Definitions

  1. To estrange; to alienate.