Thursday 27 January 2011

A Perfect Stranger?


stran·ger

[streyn-jer] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance: He is a perfect stranger to me.
2.
a newcomer in a place or locality: a stranger in town.
3.
an outsider: They want no strangers in on the club meetings.
4.
a person who is unacquainted with or unaccustomed to something (usually fol. by to ): He is no stranger to poverty.
5.
a person who is not a member of the family, group, community, or the like, as a visitor or guest: Our town shows hospitality to strangers.
6.
Law . one not privy or party to an act, proceeding, etc.

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