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bystander

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by·stand·er  (bstndr)
n.
A person who is present at an event without participating in it.
bystander
Noun
a person present but not involved; onlooker; spectator
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bystander - a nonparticipant spectator
looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness - a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
bystander
noun onlooker, passer-by, spectator, witness, observer, viewer, looker-on, watcher, eyewitness << OPPOSITE participant
Translations
bystander [ˈbaɪstændəʳ] n → espectador(a) m/f
bystander [ˈbaɪstændəʳ] n → spectateur/trice, badaud(e)
bystander [ˈbaɪstændəʳ] n → Zuschauer(in) m(f)
bystander [ˈbaɪstændəʳ] n → spettatore/trice


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A BYSTANDER [on the lady's right] He won't get no cab not until half-past eleven, missus, when they come back after dropping their theatre fares.
Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
On the platform at Waterloo he had heard him timidly ask a bystander the way to the offices of the Bekwando Land and Gold Exploration Company, Limited.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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 because of any vulgar desire to win.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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