STRANGER


Meaning of STRANGER in English

noun

a nonresident or an unknown person in a community

he felt he had become a stranger in a foreign land

Synonyms: alien, auslander, foreigner, inconnu, outcomer, outlander, outsider

Related Word: out-of-stater, outstater; transient; visitor; immigrant; wanderer

Idioms: stranger within the gates

Contrasted words: inhabitant, resident; aboriginal, aborigine, autochthon, indigene, native

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