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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets
           among them.                              --Palfrey.
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     Syn: Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bystander
       n : a nonparticipant spectator

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "bystander":
     TV-viewer, abutter, adjoiner, attestant, attestator, attester,
     beholder, bird-watcher, borderer, cojuror, compurgator, deponent,
     drugstore cowboy, earwitness, eyewitness, gaper, gazer, gazer-on,
     girl-watcher, goggler, immediate neighbor, informant, informer,
     kibitzer, looker, looker-on, neighbor, neighborer, observer, ogler,
     onlooker, passerby, perceiver, percipient, seer,
     sidewalk superintendent, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix,
     swearer, tangent, televiewer, television-viewer, testifier,
     video-gazer, viewer, voucher, watcher, witness
  
  

















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