Stranger

n. [O. Fr. estranger, estrangier, N. Fr. étranger, Pr. estrangier, Sp. extranjero, It. straniere, straniero. See STRANGE.] 1. One who is strange; as, (a.) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions. Shak. (b.) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country. (c.) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me. My child is yet a stranger to the world. Shak. I was no stranger to the original. Dryden.

2. A guest; a visitor. Milton.
3. One not admitted to any communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.

Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear, And strangers to the sun yet ripen here. Granville. 4. (Law.) One not privy or party to 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; against a mere intruder, or stranger having no title to the land; a mere stranger to the levy.