stranger
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)strangers
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are foundSynonyms: alienunknownType of intruder, interloperKinds foreigner, outsider
- an individual that one is not acquainted withOpposite acquaintanceType of actor, doer
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Translations
Noun person whom one does not know
- Spanish
- desconocido
- French
- inconnu
- German
- Fremder
- Italian
- sconosciuto
- Portuguese
- estranho
- Turkish
- yabancı
- Russian
- незнако́мец neznakómec
- Arabic
- غَرِيب ḡarīb
- Chinese
- 陌生人 mòshēngrén
- Dutch
- vreemdeling
16 more languages
Noun outsider or foreigner
- Spanish
- forastero
- French
- étranger
- German
- Fremder
- Italian
- straniero
- Portuguese
- estrangeiro
- Turkish
- yabancı
- Russian
- чужезе́мец čužezémec
- Arabic
- أَجْنَبِيّ ʔajnabiyy
- Chinese
- 外国人 wàiguórén
- Japanese
- 外国人 gaikokujin
15 more languages
- Dutch
- vreemdeling
- Polish
- cudzoziemiec
- Swedish
- främling
- Greek
- ξένος xénos
- Korean
- 외국인 oegugin
- Portuguese (PT)
- estrangeiro
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 外國人 wàiguórén
- Catalan
- foraster
- Czech
- cizinec
- Danish
- fremmed
- Esperanto
- eksterlandano
- Icelandic
- útlendingur
- Scottish Gaelic
- coimheach
- Slovak
- cudzinec
- Swahili
- mgeni
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OF. estrangier, F. étranger. See Strange.
1. One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specifically: —
(a) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions.— William Shakespeare
(b) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
(c) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear, And strangers to the sun yet ripen here.— George, Visc. Lansdowne Granville
My child is yet a stranger in the world.— William Shakespeare
I was no stranger to the original.— John Dryden
2. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger.— John Milton
3. Law 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. obsolete William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54