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▪ I. estranger1|ɪˈstreɪndʒə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who or that which estranges, parts asunder, or causes estrangement.
1623Drummond of Hawthornden Cypress Grove Wks. 117 Death is the violent estranger of acquaintance. 1850Mrs. Browning Poems I. 130 What estranger, What ill most strong in evil, can be thrust Between the faithful Father and the Son.
▪ II. † eˈstranger2 Obs.
Also 5–6 estraunger.
[a. OF. estranger (mod.F. étranger): see stranger.]
1. a. One belonging to another nation; an alien, foreigner. b. One belonging to another family or district; a stranger.
1471Paston Lett. No. 664. II. 421 The Kyngs gret enemys and rebellis acompanyed with enemys estrangers be nowe aryved. 1550J. Coke Eng. & Fr. Herald. §59 (1877) 75 Notwithstandyng this excedynge power of Estraungers, Heralde the usurper fought the battayle to th' utteraunce. 1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 297 That none of the family might alienate the coatearmor of their house, to the bearing of an estranger. 1641Termes de la Ley 148 Estrangers are..sometimes they that be borne beyond the sea. 1721–1800in Bailey.
2. Law. One who is not privy or party to an act, contract, title, etc.; = stranger.
1594West Symbol. ii. §36 Any act..to be done or performed..by any estranger or estrangers to this present submission. 1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 183 There be two Joyntenants, and one of them and an estranger do disseise the other. 1714Scroggs Courts-leet (ed. 3) 90 If the Beasts of another Man are..agisting my Land..and are taken by an Estranger, I shall have a Replevin. 1721–1800in Bailey. |