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One who stands.

One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.

See Legislature, above.

A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.

ar; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey.

One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.

One who understands, or knows by experience. [R.] Dryden.

One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power.

bend doth awe the world. Shak. His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. Macaulay.

o stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character. I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken. Shak.

ersion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. Cooley.

essed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy Smith. As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson. Harlequin bat (Zoöl.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously vari…

hat greater was there none under the sun. Chaucer. His misery was such that none of the bystanders could refrain from weeping. Macaulay.