stranger noun

/ˈstreɪn.dʒər/

/-dʒɚ/ n [C]

Definition

•

someone you do not know

My mother always warned me not to talk to strangers.

I'd never met anyone at the party before - they were complete strangers.

•

A stranger in a particular place is someone who has never been there before

Do you know the way to St Peter's church or are you a stranger here too?

(Definition of stranger noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms and related words:

to worry

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