strangeling

English

Etymology

From strange +‎ -ling.

Noun

strangeling (plural strangelings)

1. One who is strange, foreign, or unusual; stranger.
   • 2000, Zafer Şenocak, Leslie A. Adelson, Atlas of a Tropical Germany:

     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.

Synonyms

• (one who is strange): kook, odd duck, weirdling; see also Thesaurus:strange person
• (one who is foreign): alien, outlander, stranger; see also Thesaurus:foreigner

Anagrams

• estrangling