stranger

Definition

  • noun: someone who you have not met before or do not know
  • noun: one who is 'strange'
  • + 'to'
  • synonyms: jim crow, uitlander, alien

Examples

  • “Excuse me. Do you know where the library is?” “I'm sorry. I'm a 'stranger' here myself.”

  • She is 'no stranger to' controversy. [=she has been involved in controversy before]

  • He is a 'stranger to' losing. [=he does not know what losing is like]

Movie quotes

  • (..) she wore the gloves all the time, So I just thought, maybe she has a thing about dirt. Didn't your parents ever warn you about strangers? Yes, they did... But Hans is not a stranger. Oh yeah? What's his last name? ...Of-the-Southern-Isles? What's his favorite food? Sandwiches. Eye color...Dreamy. (..)
    2013 Frozen
  • (..) Tonight, imagine me gown and all. Fetchingly draped against the wall. The picture of sophisticated Grace. I suddenly see him standing there, a beautiful stranger tall and fair. I wanna stuff some chocolate in my face! But then we laugh and talk all evening, Which is totally bizarre. (..)
    2013 Frozen