insider

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English

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Etymology

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inside +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

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insider (plural insiders)

  1. A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
    • 1923 July 2, “‘Big Board’ Failures”, in Time:
      Heavy losses were sustained in Simms Petroleum, which took a greater toll from supposed "Wall Street insiders" than from the general public.
    • 2007 December 19, Jonathan Clayton, “Profile: Zuma charmed wives and a nation”, in Times of London, UK:
      He is also an astute ANC insider who spent ten years on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and the other “grandees” of the movement.
    • 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian[1]:
      In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.
  2. A person who is within an enclosed space.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • German: Insider
  • Japanese: インサイダー (insaidā)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English insider.

Noun

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insider c

  1. an insider (person with inside information)
    Insidern sitter på insiderinformation
    The insider has inside information

Declension

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Declension of insider 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative insider insidern insiders, insider insiderna
Genitive insiders insiderns insiders insidernas

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