stray
English
/stɹeɪ/
noun
Definitions
- Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
- (figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
- The act of wandering or going astray.
- (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stray derived from estray derived from Old French estrai.
Origin
Old French
estrai