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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. {Stranger}; superl. {Strangest}.] [OE. estrange, F. ['e]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See {Extra}, and cf. {Estrange}, {Extraneous}.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek strange strands." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. --Ascham. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. [1913 Webster] So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. [1913 Webster] Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "He is sick of a strange fever." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak. [1913 Webster] She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 6. Backward; slow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. [1913 Webster] In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. [1913 Webster] Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. --Waller. [1913 Webster] {Strange sail} (Naut.), an unknown vessel. {Strange woman} (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3. {To make it strange}. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. --Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To make strange}, {To make one's self strange}. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7. [1913 Webster] Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stranger \Stran"ger\, n. [OF. estrangier, F. ['e]tranger. See {Strange}.] 1. One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. [1913 Webster] I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country. [1913 Webster] (c) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance. [1913 Webster] Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear, And strangers to the sun yet ripen here. --Granville. [1913 Webster] My child is yet a stranger in the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I was no stranger to the original. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. [1913 Webster] To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stranger \Stran"ger\, v. t. To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: stranger n 1: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found [syn: {stranger}, {alien}, {unknown}] [ant: {acquaintance}, {friend}] 2: an individual that one is not acquainted with [ant: {acquaintance}, {friend}]