stranger

/ˈstreɪndʒər/
noun
  1. A person whom one does not know or who is not familiar.
    • A stranger approached me and asked for directions.
    • Don't talk to strangers when you're alone on the street.
    • She felt like a stranger in her own hometown after so many years away.
  2. A person who is new to a particular place or situation.
    • As a stranger to the city, he relied on his map app to get around.
    • The teacher made sure the new student didn't feel like a stranger.
    • I'm a stranger to this kind of work, so please be patient with me.
adjective
  1. Comparative form of strange; more unusual, odd, or unfamiliar.
    • The second movie was even stranger than the first.
    • It gets stranger the more you think about it.
    • Nothing could be stranger than finding a penguin in the desert.
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