Mate
Mate noun - Either of a pair matched in one or more qualities.
Stranger
Stranger noun - A person who is not native to or known to a community.
Usage example: the people of the island are quick to make strangers feel at home
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- If a handsome stranger tells me that he's some kind of supernatural creature and that I am his destined mate, I will believe him.
- He wouldn't stop to help an injured stranger - unless his mate was watching - but he has laid down his life multiple times without hesitation for his packmates.
- In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Sparrow's former first mate Barbossa has himself become a privateer.
Source: Privateer
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