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What does "stranger" mean?

Stranger: One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger. Milton.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Law) One not privy or party 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; a mere stranger to the levy.
  2. 3.To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] Shak.

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