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stranger |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stranger \Stran"ger\, n. [OF. estrangier, F. ['e]tranger. See {Strange}.] 1. One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specifically: a One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions. --Shak. b One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is but in the same country. c 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. 2. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger. --Milton. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. {Stranger}; superl. {Strangest}.] [OE. estrange, F. ['e]trange, fr L. extraneus that is without external, foreign, fr extra on the outside. See {Extra}, and cf {Estrange}, {Extraneous}.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. ``To seek strange strands.'' --Chaucer. One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. --Ascham. 2. Of or pertaining to others not one's own not pertaining to one's self not domestic. So she impatient her own faults to see Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not before known heard, or seen; new Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not and the signet is not strange to you --Shak. 4. Not according to the common way novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. ``He is sick of a strange fever.'' --Shak. Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me --Milton. 5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak. She may be strange and shy at first but will soon learn to love thee. --Hawthorne. 6. Backward; slow. [Obs.] Who loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause --Beau. & Fl 7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak. Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. --Waller. {Strange sail} (Naut.), an unknown vessel. {Strange woman} (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3. {To make it strange}. a To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it --Shak. b To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To make strange}, {To make one's self strange}. a To profess ignorance or astonishment. b To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii 7. Syn: Foreign; new outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stranger \Stran"ger\, v. t. To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stranger n : anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found [syn: {alien}, {unknown}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Stranger This word generally denotes a person from a foreign land residing in Palestine. Such persons enjoyed many privileges in common with the Jews, but still were separate from them The relation of the Jews to strangers was regulated by special laws (Deut. 23:3; 24:14-21; 25:5; 26:10-13). A special signification is also sometimes attached to this word In Gen. 23:4 it denotes one resident in a foreign land; Ex 23:9, one who is not a Jew; Num. 3:10, one who is not of the family of Aaron; Ps 69:8, an alien or an unknown person. The Jews were allowed to purchase strangers as slaves (Lev. 25:44, 45), and to take usury from them (Deut. 23:20).
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