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English
Noun
straunger (plural straungers)
- Obsolete form of stranger.
1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, , London: Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:The number of them ſhould be repleniſhed with their neighbours and ſtraungers in like manner, which ſhould be very well brought vp, and be able men beſides to ſerue the common wealth: […]
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French estrangier; equivalent to straunge + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strau̯nˈd͡ʒeːr/, /ˈstrau̯nd͡ʒər/, (late) /ˈstraːnd͡ʒər/
Noun
straunger (plural straungers)
- An outsider or foreigner (person from an outside group or country)
- A stranger; an unfamiliar individual.
- A guest or journeyer; someone travelling or staying.
- (rare) Someone from another family.
Descendants
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Etymology 2
Adjective
straunger
- comparative degree of straunge