What does bye-stander mean?

bye-stander

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

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Obsolete

"Æruginous vomiting, ſpitting at the bye-ſtanders, gnaſhing or grinding of the teeth, or ſnatching at the bed-clothes, are the fore-runners of a diſſolution."
"His being only a bye-stander was not disclaimed."
"If a bye-stander assists one of the parties with his advice, it gives no offence to the other; […]"

bye-standers (plural)

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