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outsider
CIDE DICTIONARY
outsider, n.
- One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling. A. Trollope. [1913 Webster]
- A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside. [1913 Webster]
- A horse which is not a favorite in the betting. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
outsider, n.
1 a a non-member of some circle, party, profession, etc. b an uninitiated person, a layman.
2 a person without special knowledge, breeding, etc., or not fit to mix with good society.
3 a competitor, applicant, etc. thought to have little chance of success.
1 a a non-member of some circle, party, profession, etc. b an uninitiated person, a layman.
2 a person without special knowledge, breeding, etc., or not fit to mix with good society.
3 a competitor, applicant, etc. thought to have little chance of success.
THESAURUS
outsider
Jim Crow, Uitlander, alien, apartheid, auslander, barbarian, case, character, color bar, crackpot, crank, deracine, displaced person, division, eccentric, emigre, ethnocentrism, exclusiveness, exile, fanatic, foreign devil, foreigner, gatecrasher, gringo, guest, hermit, hobo, insularity, insulation, interloper, intruder, invader, isolation, know-nothingism, kook, lone wolf, loner, maverick, meshuggenah, narrowness, natural, newcomer, nonconformist, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, original, out-group, outcast, outlander, outlaw, pariah, parochialism, persona non grata, quarantine, queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen, race hatred, racial segregation, rara avis, refugee, screwball, seclusion, segregation, separation, snobbishness, solitary, squatter, stranger, the Wandering Jew, tightness, tramontane, tramp, trespasser, type, ultramontane, visitor, wanderer, xenophobia, zealotROGET THESAURUS
outsider
Extraneousness
N extraneousness, extrinsicality, exteriority, alienage, alienism, foreign body, foreign substance, foreign element, alien, stranger, intruder, interloper, foreigner, novus homo, newcomer, immigrant, emigrant, creole, Africander, outsider, Dago, wop, mick, polak, greaser, slant, Easterner, Dutchman, tenderfoot, extraneous, foreign, alien, ulterior, tramontane, ultramontane, excluded, inadmissible, exceptional, in foreign parts, in foreign lands, abroad, beyond seas, over sea on one's travels.For further exploring for "outsider" in Webster Dictionary Online