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Stranger

/ˈstɹeɪndʒə/

Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

📖 Definitions of "Stranger"

adjective
  1. 1

    Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

    "He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter."

  2. 2

    Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

    "I moved to a strange town when I was ten."

  3. 3

    Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

  4. 4

    Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.

noun
  1. 1

    A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.

    "That gentleman is a stranger to me.  Children are taught not to talk to strangers."

  2. 2

    An outsider or foreigner.

  3. 3

    One not admitted to communion or fellowship.

  4. 4

    A newcomer.

verb
  1. 1

    To estrange; to alienate.

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