strangeling

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noun

One who is strange, foreign, or unusual; stranger.

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Meanings

nounstrangeling (plural strangelings)

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: kook, odd duck, weirdling, outlander, stranger, alien

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who is strange, foreign, or unusual; stranger.

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kookodd duckweirdlingoutlanderstrangeralien
Also see
foreigneroddlingoutlanderperegrineweirdling

Origin

From strange + -ling.

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Cite this entry
APA

strangeling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangeling

MLA

“strangeling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangeling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strangeling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangeling.

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