• Insider

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -aɪdÉ™(r)

    Origin

    inside + -er

    Full definition of insider

    Noun

    insider

    (plural insiders)
    1. A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
      • 1923, "‘Big Board’ Failures," Time, 2 Jul.,Heavy losses were sustained in Simms Petroleum, which took a greater toll from supposed "Wall Street insiders" than from the general public.
      • 2007, Jonathan Clayton, "Profile: Zuma charmed wives and a nation," Times of London (UK), 19 Dec.,He is also an astute ANC insider who spent ten years on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and the other “grandees” of the movement.
    2. A person who is within an enclosed space.
      • 1849, Herman Melville, Redburn: His First Voyage, ch. 33,To the insider, the ceiling is like a small firmament twinkling with astral radiations.

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