person present but not involved; spectator, onlooker
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Bystander Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.
bystander
\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.
Noun
1. a nonparticipant spectator
(hypernym) spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
Bystander Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A bystander a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator.
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