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Word entry · 8 letters

stranger

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"Unknown person"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted aegnrrstStarts with SEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

Word origin

From Middle English straunger, from Old French estrangier (“foreign, alien”), from estrange, from Latin extraneus (“foreign, external”) (whence also English estrange), from extra (“outside of”). Cognate with French étranger (“foreigner, stranger”) and Spanish extranjero (“foreigner”). Displaced native Old English fremde (literally “strange or unfamiliar person”).

Used in a sentence

  • Truth is stranger than fiction.
  • That gentleman is a stranger to me.
  • Children are taught not to talk to strangers.

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