stranger
/ˈstreɪn.dʒə/
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Translation
A person you do not know.
Word origin
From Old French estrangier meaning foreign, from Latin extraneus meaning from outside.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- estrangier
Grammar
Gender
Pluralstrangers
Examples
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"Stranger" is a person I do not know.
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"Strangers" is the plural, meaning people you do not know.
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Here "stranger" means someone new who knows no one.
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