Stranger

Definition of Stranger

Stran´ger

n.	1.	One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.
	2.	One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions. - Shak.
	2.	One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger. - Milton.
	3.	One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
	3.	(Law) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.
	4.	One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance. Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear, And strangers to the sun yet ripen here. - Granville. My child is yet a stranger in the world. - Shak. I was no stranger to the original. - Dryden.
v. t.	1.	To estrange; to alienate.

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