stranger
pronunciation
How to pronounce stranger in British English:
UK [ˈstreɪndʒə(r)]
How to pronounce stranger in American English:
US [ˈstreɪndʒər]
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- Noun:
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Word Origin
- stranger (n.)
- late 14c., "unknown person, foreigner," from strange + -er (1) or else from Old French estrangier "foreigner" (Modern French étranger), from estrange. Latin used the adjective extraneus as a noun to mean "stranger." The English noun never picked up the secondary sense of the adjective. As a form of address to an unknown person, it is recorded from 1817, American English rural colloquial. Meaning "one who has stopped visiting" is recorded from 1520s.
Example
- 1. I vowed to meet a stranger every day .
- 2. Caregiver returns and the stranger leaves .
- 3. The stranger 's eyebrows furrowed in concern .
- 4. But a stranger 's entrance interrupted her .
- 5. Start up a conversation with a stranger .