Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which stands.
- noun One who or that which remains in a specified place, situation, state, condition, etc.; specifically, a tree left for growth when other trees are felled.
- noun A supporter; an adherent.
- noun A sentinel; a picket.
- noun plural In the early church, the highest class of penitents: a mistranslation of consistentes (
συνισ, σ1τάμενοι ), properly ‘bystanders.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who stands.
- noun obsolete Same as
Standel .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
stands . - noun obsolete A
standel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an organism (person or animal) that stands
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Examples
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She said he'll soon need his first power wheelchair, a piece of equipment called a stander that will help straighten his spine, and a machine that will help keep his lungs clear as his condition affects his ability to cough or sneeze.
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And like any other by-stander, we stood by and watched.
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This might make you think I was a passive by-stander in my own romantic and erotic life, either because I really was too much of a nice guy or I was a coward.
Lance Mannion: 2010
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And the Tory leader did, of course, get a stander of some duration.
Why the conference season felt like three weeks in Lilliput | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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This might make you think I was a passive by-stander in my own romantic and erotic life, either because I really was too much of a nice guy or I was a coward.
Random Thought Number Two on the Hoosier Hypocrite---Now With More Middle-aged Sex Appeal. 2010
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(Viewpoint of a by-stander, and then the crash victim).
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You could have shot him, you could have been so stricken with panic you shot, and struck an innocent by stander ... or you could have done nothing.
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Since then, I ask DD about interactions with her peers more and we also talk about how she needs to be a “stand by-er” (supportive) if she sees someone else being bullied rather than simply a by-stander.
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You could have shot him, you could have been so stricken with panic you shot, and struck an innocent by stander ... or you could have done nothing.
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Which is why, were we a betting comic fan, we'd guess that the gifted Hickman would extinguish Johnny Storm/Human Torch -- the fire-stander who's literally been busy "enjoying every sandwich," metaphorically or no.
'Fantastic Four'-Shadowing: How this week's much-heralded death will go down Michael Cavna 2011
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