Meaning of BYSTANDER
| Pronunciation: | | 'bI`standur
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| | Definition: | | [n] a nonparticipant spectator |
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| | See Also: | | looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness | |
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| | Definition: | | Bystander
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \By"stand`er\, n. [By + stander, equiv. to stander-by;
cf. AS. big-standan to stand by or near.]
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with
the business transacting.
He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets
among them. --Palfrey.
Syn: Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
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| | Related Terms: | | abutter, adjoiner, attestant, attestator, attester, beholder, bird-watcher, borderer, cojuror, compurgator, deponent, drugstore cowboy, earwitness, eyewitness, gaper, gazer, gazer-on, girl-watcher, goggler, immediate neighbor, informant, informer, kibitzer, looker, looker-on, neighbor, neighborer, observer, ogler, onlooker, passerby, perceiver, percipient, seer, sidewalk superintendent, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix, swearer, tangent, televiewer, television-viewer, testifier, TV-viewer, video-gazer, viewer, voucher, watcher, witness |
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