stranger
stran·ger
noun
1.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Origin
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”).
Phrases
- be no stranger to
- don't be a stranger
- familiar stranger
- perfect stranger
- stranger crime
- stranger danger
- stranger in the night
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