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Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler. [R.]

The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality. The soul is a stranger to such gross substantiality. Glanvill.

The state of being sure; certainty; security. Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs. Gen. xv. 13. For the more surety they looked round about. Sir P. Sidney.

n speaking. The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.

One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.

A stranger. [Obs.]

Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers. Milton.

a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc. "The ushers and the squires." Chaucer. These are the ushers of Marcius. Shak.

e; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness. They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind. Atterbury.

One who visits; a guest; a visitor. When the visitant comes again, he is no more a stranger. South.

eling. [Obs.] Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them. Bacon.

To act on the defensive with a weapon. She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. Sir P. Sidney.

A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the national simplicity of manners.

A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.

A house for the reception of strangers.

Reception of strangers; hospitality. [R.]