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bystander|ˈbaɪˌstændə(r)|
Also 8–9 byestander.
[f. by- 2 a + stander.]
One who is standing by; one who is present without taking part in what is going on; a passive spectator.
a1619Donne Biathan. (1644) 137 Such an act, either in Executioner or by-stander, is no way justifiable. 1665Manley tr. Grotius' Low-C. Wars 439 The Gunpowder..being by chance fired, destroyed many of the by-standers. 1713Swift Salaman. Wks. 1755 III. ii. 77 Then I'll appeal to each by-stander, If this be not a Salamander? 1822J. Imison Sc. & Art I. 269 A bye-stander will see nothing of the image. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 366 Bystanders whom His Majesty recognised. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 154 Let the bystander inform the rulers. |