# outsider

Pronunciation: US say "owt-SY-dur" /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/; UK say "owt-SY-duh" /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdə/

## Noun

1. A nonmember of a particular group, community, or organization.
   - Simple: A person who does not belong to a group or place.
   - _The club's rules were clear to members and baffling to any outsider._
   - _We were the only outsiders allowed inside the prison that month._
2. In a contest or race, a competitor thought to have little chance of winning.
   - Simple: A player or team that few people expect to win.
   - _The horse started as a rank outsider and paid forty to one._
   - _Pollsters had written the candidate off as an outsider until the debate._
3. Someone new to an organization or community who has little or no experience of it.
   - Simple: A new person in a group or job who has little experience of how it works.
   - _The board chose an outsider from the tech industry to shake up the bank._
   - _Every few years the party rediscovers the appeal of a political outsider._

## Noun

4. Either of the two crusty end pieces of a loaf of bread. *(rare)*
   - Simple: The hard end piece of a loaf of bread.

## Origin

Formed from "outside" combined with the suffix "-er".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/outsider (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).