Stranger
/ˈstreɪn.dʒər/noun
A person who is not known or is unfamiliar.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin *extraneus*, meaning “external” or “belonging to the outside,” the same root that helped shape English words for things that are literally external to you.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
extraneus
“external; foreign; belonging to the outside”
Old French
Old French
estrangier
“foreign; alien; outsider”
Middle English
English
strange
“foreign; not native; unfamiliar”
Middle English
English
stranger
“a foreigner; someone unknown or not of the place”
Modern English
English
stranger
“a person one does not know”
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