Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stranger
Stranger
stranger
n. 1 a person who does not know or is not known in a particular place or company. 2 (often foll. by to) a person one does not know (was a complete stranger to me). 3 (foll. by to) a person entirely unaccustomed to (a feeling, experience, etc.) (no stranger to controversy). 4 a floating tea-leaf etc. held to foretell the arrival of a visitor. 5 Parl. a person who is not a member or official of the House of Commons. Etymology: ME f. OF estrangier ult. f. L (as STRANGE)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estrangier ~, foreigner, from estrange Date: 14th century one who is strange: as, a. foreigner, a resident alien, one in the house of another as a guest, visitor, or intruder, a person or thing that is unknown or with whom one is unacquainted, one who does not belong to or is kept from the activities of a group, one not privy or party to an act, contract, or title ; one that interferes without right, one ignorant of or unacquainted with someone or something, II. adjective Date: 15th century of, relating to, or being a ~ ; foreign, III. transitive verb Date: 1606 estrange, alienate ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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