stranger in town
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- mysteriousBeyond easy comprehension
- unfamiliarNot previously known
wanderer · arrival · suspicious · curious · loner · passing through · motel · dusty · questions · whispers · saloon · secrets · unknown · foreign · traveler · small town · gossip · shadows
tenure and establishment
stranger in townold-timer
Long-tenured person
founding family · pillar of the community · institution · native son · native daughter
social position and power
stranger in townmayor
Elected head of municipality
big fish in a small pond · man about town · woman about town · connected · well-established