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outsider

Pronunciation: /aʊtˈsʌɪdə/

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Definition of outsider

noun

  • 1a person who does not belong to a particular organization or profession: to the outsider, glitzy fashion shows may seem an outrageous extravagance
  • a person who is not accepted by or who isolates themselves from society: she felt that his friends despised her as an outsider
  • 2a competitor, applicant, etc. thought to have little chance of success:the winner was Beech Road, a fifty-to-one outsider he started as a rank outsider

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Definition of outsider in the US English dictionary