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waysider

waysider noun: a person or thing found by the wayside.

Noun

waysider (plural waysiders)

  1. A person or thing found by the wayside.
    • Erysimum cheiranthoides and Sinapis nigra grow in cornfields here as everywhere else; although some writer in the 'Phytologist' says it, S. nigra, is not a field plant but a waysider.1861, Alexander Irvine, The Phytologist: A Botanical Journal, volumes 5-6, page 281
    • The charioteer says to a waysider: "How far is it to Elisha's house?"1888, Thomas De Witt Talmage, Social Dynamite; Or, The Wickedness of Modern Society, page 536

Forms of waysider

pluralwaysiders

Origin of waysider

From wayside + -er.

Questions about waysider

What does waysider mean?
Waysider means a person or thing found by the wayside.
What part of speech is waysider?
Waysider is a noun.
What is the plural of waysider?
The plural of waysider is waysiders.

Words near waysider in the dictionary

  1. wayside
  2. wayside cross
  3. wayside crosses
  4. wayside pulpit
  5. wayside pulpits
  6. waysider
  7. waysiders
  8. waysides
  9. waystage
  10. waystages
  11. waystation

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