"insider" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈsaɪdɚ/ [General-American], /ˈɪnsaɪdɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-insider.wav [Southern-England] Forms: insiders [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ) Etymology: inside + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inside|er}} inside + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} insider (plural insiders)
  1. A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution. Categories (topical): People Translations (person who has special knowledge): інса́йдэр (insájder) [masculine] (Belarusian), 內部的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 内部的人 (nèibù de rén) (Chinese Mandarin), sisäpiiriläinen (Finnish), initié [masculine] (French), Insider [masculine] (German), m (German), Eingeweihte [masculine] (German), bennfentes (Hungarian), beavatott (Hungarian), belsős (Hungarian), iniziato [masculine] (Italian), basista [masculine] (Italian), addetto ai lavori (Italian), インサイダー (insaidā) (Japanese), 内部の人 (naibu no hito) (Japanese), 내부자 (naebuja) (alt: 內部者) (Korean), 인사이더 (insaideo) (Korean), инса́йдер (insájdɛr) [masculine] (Russian), свой челове́к (svoj čelovék) [masculine] (Russian), insider [masculine] (Spanish), insider [common-gender] (Swedish), інса́йдер (insájder) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-insider-en-noun-6XFmhSsh Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'person who has special knowledge': 60 40
  2. A person who is within an enclosed space. Categories (topical): People Translations (person who is within an enclosed space): sisällä oleva (Finnish), benn/bent ülő (Hungarian), internato [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-insider-en-noun-qIOF3Y9k Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'person who is within an enclosed space': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: insider baseball, insider dealing, insider trade, insider trading

Inflected forms

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      "word": "інса́йдер"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who is within an enclosed space",
      "word": "sisällä oleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who is within an enclosed space",
      "word": "benn/bent ülő"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who is within an enclosed space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "internato"
    }
  ],
  "word": "insider"
}

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