Etymology

From strange +‎ -lingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ling#STRANGELING.

Noun

strangeling (plural strangelings)Category:English lemmas#STRANGELINGCategory:English nouns#STRANGELINGCategory:English countable nouns#STRANGELINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#STRANGELINGCategory:Pages with entries#STRANGELINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#STRANGELING

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.

     Category:English terms with quotations#STRANGELING

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