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stranger

Adjective

∙ comparative form of strange: more strange

Noun

∙ A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
∙ An outsider or foreigner.
∙ A newcomer.
∙ One who has not been seen for a long time. humorous
∙ One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. obsolete
∙ One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right. law

Verb

∙ To estrange; to alienate. obsolete, transitive

strange

Adjective

∙ Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
∙ Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
∙ Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness. physics
∙ Belonging to another country; foreign. obsolete
∙ Reserved; distant in deportment. obsolete
∙ Backward; slow. obsolete
∙ Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. obsolete

Verb

∙ To alienate; to estrange. obsolete, transitive
∙ To be estranged or alienated. obsolete, intransitive
∙ To wonder; to be astonished. obsolete, intransitive

Noun

∙ vagina slang, uncountable