stranger
- noun
- /ˈstreɪndʒər/
- I ended up in a stranger's house in Ohio.
- meet a stranger
- interact with strangers
- friends and strangers
Consent is don't touch a stranger's private parts, right?
- Consent is don't touch a stranger's private parts, right?
- We are going to do corrections here in a stranger's apartment.
- I'm inclined to think that the stranger still is on our side.
- I'm always searching the faces of strangers for a friend.
- And, and I've told some perfect stranger everything about myself.
- It's not the stranger, it's the people that we know.
Examples
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I'm inclined to think that the stranger still is on our side.
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We spend more time with strangers than the people we know.
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Help a friend, help a stranger, teach something.
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For it was she who had saved the child and not some stranger who happened along.
Fiction book (1990) -
And the goal is to get one of these strangers to say that they know you.
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My parents said I'm not allowed to talk to strangers.
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"I should apologize for this behavior in front of a stranger, and I do apologize."
Fiction book (1990) -
As it turned out, members of that small group of relative strangers jumped in to offer their help.
Academic text (1999) -
Hey, stranger.
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My parents always warned me not to talk to strangers in unfamiliar places.
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Etymology
Stranger comes from the word strange, which used to mean 'from outside' or 'foreign', so a stranger is someone who is outside your group and not known to you.