stranger
/ˈstreɪn(d)ʒə
/noun
1A person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar: don’t talk to strangers she remained a stranger to him...
- In fact, a lot of times, we're teaching our children to run to a police officer or a fire fighter, and in fact they are strangers.
- We are strangers as much to each other as to this place.
- For the most part we are strangers sharing rooms.
1.1A person who does not know, or is not known in, a particular place or community: I’m a stranger in these parts he must have been a stranger to the village...
- Dozens of members were also quizzed in a bid to jog memories and possibly identify anyone who may have been a stranger to the club.
- Mirza, like most romantic heroes, was a stranger to Sahiban's land and belonged to a feuding clan.
- Though he grew up in Ligonier, Corbett is not a stranger to the Seward and Armagh areas.
Synonyms
unknown person;
Scottish unco
newcomer, new arrival, incomer;
visitor;
foreigner, outsider, alien;
Northern English offcomer
Australian informal blow-in
1.2 (stranger to) A person entirely unaccustomed to (a feeling, experience, or situation): he is no stranger to controversy...
- Gregg is no stranger to the open road and he experienced his first tour when he was only seven months old.
- She is no stranger to the courts and has had some other experience in conducting a trial.
- However Jason is no stranger to success, albeit at Youth League level.
Synonyms
unaccustomed to, unfamiliar with, unused to, unacquainted with, new to, fresh to, inexperienced in, unpractised in, unversed in, unconversant with
archaic strange to
1.3A person who is not a member or official of the House of Commons.He is supposed to be debating to you and to fellow members of Parliament, and he should not involve strangers....
- Historically, strangers were not allowed in and the right of Parliament to debate in private is still maintained.
- No Member of this House shall presume to bring any stranger into any part of the House or gallery appropriated to the Members of this House while the House, or a committee of the whole House, is sitting.
Origin
Late Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangier, from Latin extraneus (see strange).
Rhymes
- porphobilin
- porphobilinogen
- porphobilinogenuria
- Porphyra
- porphyraceous
- porphyria
- Porphyrian
- Porphyrian scale
- Porphyrian tree
- porphyric
- porphyrin
- porphyrine
- porphyrinogen
- porphyrinopathy
- make someone up
- make someone welcome
- make something good
- make something of
- make something over
- make something up
- make sport of
- make sure
- make the acquaintance of (or make someone's acquaintance)
- make the best of
- make the best of a bad job