outsider
/ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/ noun B2- Someone who is not part of a particular community, profession, organization etc.; a person coming from elsewhere, having no special knowledge. · While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.
- Someone who does not fit into conventional society; a misfit; an iconoclast.
- A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot. · Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.
Plural outsiders
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They then play up to the idea by leaving this bicycle in the park as proof of the existence of some outsider.
“Well, if there were an outsider, he may be traced and taken.
“Man, I’ll admeet that I had my doubts if there was ever an outsider,” said MacDonald, “but that’s all past now.
This outsider had to take originals.
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