Stranger

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.

II. Stranger ·noun One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.

III. Stranger ·noun One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.

IV. Stranger ·vt To Estrange; to Alienate.

V. Stranger ·noun One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.

VI. Stranger ·noun One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.

VII. Stranger ·noun 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.

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