| n. | 1. | One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. |
| 2. | One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. | |
| 2. | One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. | |
| 3. | One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country. | |
| 3. | (Law) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; | |
| 4. | One who is unknown or unacquainted; | |
| v. t. | 1. | To estrange; to alienate. |
| Noun | 1. | stranger - anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found |
STRANGER, persons, contracts. This word has several significations. 1. A
person born out of the United States; but in this sense the term alien is
more properly applied, until he becomes naturalized. 2. A person who is not
privy to an act or contract; example, he who is a stranger to the issue,
shall not take advantage of the verdict. Bro. Ab. Record, pl. 3; Vin. Ab.
h.t. pl. 1 and vide Com. Dig. Abatement, H 54.
2. When a man undertakes to do a thing, and a stranger interrupts him,
this is no excuse. Com. Dig. Condition, L 14. When a party undertakes that a
stranger shall do a certain thing, he becomes liable as soon as the stranger
refuses to perform it. Bac. Ab. Conditions, Q 4.
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