stranger
stran|ger /str'eɪndʒər/ (strangers)
1 [N-COUNT]
A stranger is someone you have never met before.
Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult...
Sometimes I feel like I'm living with a stranger.
2 [N-PLURAL]
If two people are strangers, they do not know each other.
The women knew nothing of the dead girl. They were strangers.
3 [N-COUNT]
If you are a stranger in a place, you do not know the place well.
`You don't know much about our town, do you?'--`No, I'm a stranger here.'
≠ local
4 [N-COUNT] oft with brd-neg, N to n
If you are a stranger to something, you have had no experience of it or do not understand it.
He is no stranger to controversy...
We were both strangers to diplomatic life.
5
see also strange
1 [N-COUNT]
A stranger is someone you have never met before.
Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult...
Sometimes I feel like I'm living with a stranger.
2 [N-PLURAL]
If two people are strangers, they do not know each other.
The women knew nothing of the dead girl. They were strangers.
3 [N-COUNT]
If you are a stranger in a place, you do not know the place well.
`You don't know much about our town, do you?'--`No, I'm a stranger here.'
≠ local
4 [N-COUNT] oft with brd-neg, N to n
If you are a stranger to something, you have had no experience of it or do not understand it.
He is no stranger to controversy...
We were both strangers to diplomatic life.
5
see also strange