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sideliner en · NOUN

Etymology

From sideline + -er.

Meanings

1. One who stays on the sidelines; a spectator or nonparticipant.
   • It’s a bold statement (not to mention a cliché), but Mr. Cardiello, who created this high-energy workout to bring football to sideliners, isn’t afraid to be bold: he is a private trainer for N.F.L. players and former conditioning coach in the Arena Football League. 2007 January 18, Abby Ellin, “Hard, Easy or Just Right?”, in New York Times:
   • The result is more dissent because successful collective action sustains the involvement of old participants while convincing sideliners of the usefulness of protest and ensuring their future participation […] 1936, American Sociological Review, volume 61, page 135:
2. (US) A beekeeper, neither a hobbyist nor a fully-fledged commercial operator, for whom beekeeping is a secondary source of income.
3. One who sidelines or marginalizes something.

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