Stran"ger (?), n. [OF. estrangier, F. 'etranger. See Strange.]
1.
One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.
Specifically: --
(a)
One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
I am a most poor woman and a stranger,
Born out of your dominions.
Shak.
(b)
One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
(c)
One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear,
And strangers to the sun yet ripen here.
Granville.
My child is yet a stranger in the world.
Shak.
I was no stranger to the original.
Dryden.
2.
One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
To honor and receive
Our heavenly stranger.
Milton.
3. Law
One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.
© Webster 1913.
Stran"ger, v. t.
To estrange; to alienate.
[Obs.]
Shak.
© Webster 1913.