stranger
/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ sustantivo A2En español: extraño, extraña, desconocido, desconocida
- A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. · That gentleman is a stranger to me.· Children are taught not to talk to strangers.
- An outsider or foreigner.
- One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
- A newcomer.
- Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows. · Hello, stranger!
- One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right. · Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title.
- A moth, Lacanobia blenna
Plural strangers
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“Go to the strangers and sting them to death!” commanded the Witch, and the bees turned and flew rapidly until they came to where Dorothy and her friends were walking.
In the gallery there were many family portraits, but they could have little to fix the attention of a stranger.
And then she called a dozen of her slaves, who were the Winkies, and gave them sharp spears, telling them to go to the strangers and destroy them.
At the knock, the door was immediately opened, and the young man who was seated beside the countess, in obedience to the Italian custom, instantly rose and surrendered his place to the strangers, who, in turn, would be expected to retire upon the arrival of other visitors.
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