Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is excluded from or does not belong to a group, association, or set.
- noun One who is isolated or detached from the activities or concerns of his or her own community.
- noun A contestant given little chance of winning; a long shot.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is on the outside of an inclosure, barrier, boundary, etc., literally or figuratively; one who is without.
- noun One who is unconnected or unacquainted with the matter in question.
- noun In horse racing, a horse not included among the favorites, or not a favorite in the betting.
- noun plural A pair of nippers with semi-tubular jaws which can be inserted in a keyhole from the outside to turn the key.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Recent One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling.
- noun 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.
- noun Cant A horse which is not a favorite in the betting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is not part of a
community ororganization . - noun A
newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community. - noun A
competitor orcontestant who has littlechance ofwinning ; along shot ; adark horse
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win
- noun someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
Etymologies
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Examples
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While hired with a mandate to restore a sense of trust in police after several scandals, he never shook the label "outsider" and his relationship with the union was tense.
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While hired with a mandate to restore a sense of trust in police after several scandals, he never shook the label "outsider" and his relationship with the union was tense.
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Just as fixed-gear, indie rock aficionados usually balk at being categorized as hipsters, people in the outsider art world eschew the label outsider art.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sebastian Howard 2010
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For the past 15 years, Margaret Wertheim has been collecting similar works by such hermit scientists, or what she calls "outsider physicists."
On the Margins of Science Michael Shermer 2011
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If lack of melanin doesn't disqualify Olsson than perhaps mentality should; when Olsson uses the word "outsider" to describe himself he assumes this is a novel way of approaching black culture, despite the fact that this voyeuristic way of documenting is a favorite for white American filmmakers Hoop Dreams, Waiting for Superman...
Naima Ramos-Chapman: 'The Black Power Mixtape': Who's Telling You Your Stories? Naima Ramos-Chapman 2011
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If lack of melanin doesn't disqualify Olsson than perhaps mentality should; when Olsson uses the word "outsider" to describe himself he assumes this is a novel way of approaching black culture, despite the fact that this voyeuristic way of documenting is a favorite for white American filmmakers Hoop Dreams, Waiting for Superman...
Naima Ramos-Chapman: 'The Black Power Mixtape': Who's Telling You Your Stories? Naima Ramos-Chapman 2011
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Upon scrutiny, the lyrics of their chants did suggest a certain "outsider" quality.
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With the CIA mess, an outsider is just what is needed to clean up this mess.
Feinstein’s O.K. With Panetta at C.I.A. - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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No outsider is going to attack you down there in the dark.
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With the CIA mess, an outsider is just what is needed to clean up this mess.
Feinstein’s O.K. With Panetta at C.I.A. - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
erinoftheyear commented on the word outsider
It's good to be an outsider. But I guess if we were all outsiders then really no one would be... I should probably go to bed.
August 16, 2007
sera commented on the word outsider
same here
August 16, 2007
bilby commented on the word outsider
Glasgow - the first or last slice from a loaf of bread.
December 26, 2007