Definition of "stranger" []

• One who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. (noun)
• A foreigner, newcomer, or outsider. (noun)
• One who is unaccustomed to or unacquainted with something specified; a novice: a stranger to our language; no stranger to hardship. (noun)
• A visitor or guest. (noun)
• Law One that is neither privy nor party to a title, act, or contract. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""_Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger_.""
• "_The comedy of Wilmot successful: The wounded stranger seen at a distance: Oratory abandoned with regret: The dangers that attend being honest: A new invitation from Hector: A journey deferred by an arrest, and another accidental sight of the stranger_"
• "I pressed him on his use of the term "stranger" to refer to LGBT individuals."