(~s)
1.
A ~ is someone you have never met before.
Telling a complete ~ about your life is difficult...
Sometimes I feel like I’m living with a ~.
N-COUNT
2.
If two people are ~s, they do not know each other.
The women knew nothing of the dead girl. They were ~s.
N-PLURAL
3.
If you are a ~ in a place, you do not know the place well.
‘You don’t know much about our town, do you?’—‘No, I’m a ~ here.’
? local
N-COUNT
4.
If you are a ~ to something, you have had no experience of it or do not understand it.
He is no ~ to controversy...
We were both ~s to diplomatic life.
N-COUNT: oft with brd-neg, N to n
5.
see also strange