bystander
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bystander
- /ˈbaɪˌstænd.ə(ɹ)/
Where it comes from
From by- + stander. Compare passerby.
noun bystanders · bye-stander · by-stander
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A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.
If he wins, he will be at liberty, perhaps, to give vent to a laugh, or to pass a remark on the circumstance to a bystander, or to stake again, or to double his stake; but, even this he must do solely out of curiosity, and for the pleasure of watching the play of chances and of calculations, and not
Similar: onlooker
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: onlooker, spectator, viewer, beholder, observer, complicit, accomplice, passing, witness, casual, passer-by, passerby, audience, thirds, pedestrian, tell-tale
Translations
Every language
noun a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator
| Español | curioso |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 旁觀者 /旁观者 pángguānzhě |
| Português | espectador |
| Français | passant, badaud |
| Deutsch | Zuschauer, Schaulustiger |
| Italiano | astante, convenuto |
| Русский | свиде́тель svidételʹ, наблюда́тель nabljudátelʹ, очеви́дец očevídec |
| العربية | مُتَفَرِّج mutafarrij |
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title = {bystander},
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