noun
stranger
STRAYND-zhuh
noun
1
A person you do not know.
"Her mother always warned her not to talk to strangers."
"A stranger stopped to help change the flat tyre."
2
Someone unfamiliar with a particular thing, place, or experience.
"He was no stranger to hard work."
How to Use Stranger
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone you don't know, or someone unused to a particular thing.
Common pairings
complete stranger
no stranger to
talk to strangers
Word Forms
strangered past tense, strangers plural, strangers singular
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Etymology
From Old French "estrangier" ("foreign"), ultimately from Latin "extraneus" — the same root as "strange" and "estrange."