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   stranger

   /ˈstreɪn(d)ʒə/

   noun

   • 1. a person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar: "don't talk to strangers"
   • ▪ a person who does not know, or is not known in, a particular place or community: "I'm a stranger in these parts" Similar unknown personunconewcomernew arrivalincomervisitorforeigneroutsideralienoffcomerinformal:blow-in
   • ▪ a person entirely unaccustomed to (a feeling, experience, or situation): "he is no stranger to controversy"
   • ▪ a person who is not a member or official of the House of Commons.

   Word Origin late Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangier, from Latin extraneus (see strange).

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