bystander Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a nonparticipant spectator

WordNet

By"stand`er noun
Etymology
By + stander, equiv. to stander-by; cf. AS. big-standan to stand by or near.
Definitions
  1. One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.
    He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey.
    Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.

Webster 1913