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bystanders

bystanders is the plural of bystander.

Meaning of bystander

Noun

bystander (plural bystanders)

  1. 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...1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter II, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/II)
    Synonyms:
    onlooker

Phrases with bystanders

Questions about bystanders

What is bystanders the plural of?
Bystanders is the plural of bystander.

Words near bystanders in the dictionary

  1. bystander
  2. bystander effect
  3. bystander effects
  4. bystanderish
  5. bystanderism
  6. bystanders
  7. bystandership
  8. bystanding
  9. bystreet
  10. bystreets
  11. bystrite

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