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strangeling

strangeling noun: one who is strange, foreign, or unusual; stranger.

Noun

strangeling (plural strangelings)

  1. One who is strange, foreign, or unusual; stranger.
    • Every strangeling ( Fremdling) has gone through a coming-to-terms with the mother, but has another such ahead: ... An inner voice holds the strangeling back from blasphemy against his own origin, even though he is filled with rebellion.2000, Zafer Şenocak, Leslie A. Adelson, Atlas of a Tropical Germany

Synonyms of strangeling

Forms of strangeling

pluralstrangelings

Origin of strangeling

From strange + -ling.

Questions about strangeling

What does strangeling mean?
Strangeling means one who is strange, foreign, or unusual; stranger.
What part of speech is strangeling?
Strangeling is a noun.
What is the plural of strangeling?
The plural of strangeling is strangelings.

Words near strangeling in the dictionary

  1. strange-horned toad
  2. stranged
  3. strangelet
  4. strangelets
  5. strangelier
  6. strangeling
  7. strangelings
  8. Strangelovean
  9. Strangelovian
  10. strangely
  11. strangely warmed

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