outsider

plural outsiders

1. Someone who is not part of a particular community, profession, organization etc.; a person coming from elsewhere, having no special knowledge.First known use 19th c.

   While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.

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   I'm an outsider by choice, but not truly. It's the unpleasantness of the system that keeps me out.

   2004, George Carlin, “Preface”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page https://archive.org/details/whenwilljesusbri00hype/page/n14/

   Outsiders have no right to these treasures, and true angara must stand ready to defend our birthright.

   2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Legacy

   I got to open up and feel safe and able to touch and hold and be able to be with another human being, which was really a big relief, a very positive part of my understanding of myself that I wasn't just this outcast evil outsider of everything.

   2019, Victor C. de Munck, Romantic Love in America, page 152

   We are the only outsiders here, granted exclusive access and a private tour as the first major US news organization allowed inside Cecot late last month.

   2024 November 6, David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, “Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador”, in CNN

   Synonyms: outlier, stranger, alien, barbarian, firangi, foreign, foreigner, fremd

2. Someone who does not fit into conventional society; a misfit; an iconoclast.First known use 19th c.
3. A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot.First known use 19th c.

   Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.

   Synonyms: dark horse, little guy, long shot, underdog

4. obsoleterareA type of jaunting car with the passenger seats facing outwards.First known use 20th c.

   Mr Bloom gazed across the road at the outsider drawn up before the door of the Grosvenor.

   1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 5: Lotus Eaters]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 70

5. rareThe heel or end piece of a loaf of bread.