Stranger /(?)/

Stran·ger

Stranger

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.
  3. One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
  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.
    I was no stranger to the original.
  5. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
    To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger.
  6. 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. (Law)

Stranger

v. t.
  1. To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.]