Stranger
['streɪn(d)ʒə] or ['strendʒɚ]
Definition
(noun.) anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found.
(noun.) an individual that one is not acquainted with.
Editor: Sharon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.
(n.) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
(n.) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
(n.) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
(n.) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To estrange; to alienate.
Typist: Melville
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Foreigner, alien.[2]. Guest, visitor.
a. [1]. Foreign, alien.[2]. Unacquainted, unknown.
Checker: Tom
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Foreigner, alien
ANT:Countryman, acquaintance, friend
Checked by Candy
Examples
- I am a stranger in London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You know, I'm a stranger here, so perhaps I'm not so quick at understanding what you mean as if I'd lived all my life at Milton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The stranger insisted on making Mr. Godfrey precede him; Mr. Godfrey said a few civil words; they bowed, and parted in the street. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I now ventured to turn my head back, believing myself at a safe distance from the stranger. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But would any of your guardians think or speak of any other guardian as a stranger? Plato. The Republic.
- So have I,' said the stranger. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am a stranger. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- These cries redoubled in intensity as the stranger approached her bed; when he took her up, Let alone! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We want no stranger here. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- If after that you are taken, you will then be a prize; but now you are only a stranger, and have a stranger's right to safety and protection. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I see you were not,' said the stranger; an expression of quiet sarcasm playing about his mouth; 'or you have known my name. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He had gone off at a moment's notice with this stranger, and no word has come from him since. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Another silence succeeded this short dialogue: which was again broken by the stranger. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A spirit that was once a man could hardly feel stranger or lonelier, going unrecognized among mankind, than I feel. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I was a stranger to most of the Army of the Potomac, I might say to all except the officers of the regular army who had served in the Mexican war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I am not under the slightest obligation to go to India, especially with strangers. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Perhaps, said Darcy, I should have judged better, had I sought an introduction; but I am ill-qualified to recommend myself to strangers. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- And you are not a pining outcast amongst strangers? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When the hour came for locking up, he supposed all strangers to be excluded for the night. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Her fingers and mine can never be strangers more. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They are strangers, he said, to the words of which you speak. Plato. The Republic.
- But they were strangers to our house; and Penelope doubted, in Rosanna's present state, whether strangers might not do her more harm than good. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The heat of the sun on the vessel was excessive, the company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- As a general thing, strangers who crawl in there to sleep do not get up until they are called. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His countenance was therefore fully displayed, and its expression was calculated to impress a degree of awe, if not of fear, upon strangers. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Save these poor strangers, whom you have decoyed here. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Besides, if I was obliged to speak, I should say I was not fond of strangers coming into a town. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But this going to make acquaintance with strangers was a very different thing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Ours is a Copious Language, and Trying to Strangers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They were strangers--emissaries from the large towns. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Bryan