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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster'snoun Date: 1584 one present but not taking part in a situation or event Oxford Reference Dictionaryn. a person who stands by but does not take part; a mere spectator. Webster's 1913 DictionaryBystander 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. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary(bystanders) A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it. It looks like an innocent bystander was killed instead of you. N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
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