insider
noun/ɪnˈsaɪdɚ/US
Etymology
Definitions
A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or…
A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
- Near-synonyms: initiate, old hand, habitué
- Heavy losses were sustained in Simms Petroleum, which took a greater toll from supposed "Wall Street insiders" than from the general public.
- He is also an astute ANC insider who spent ten years on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and the other “grandees” of the movement.
A person who is within an enclosed space.
- To the insider, the ceiling is like a small firmament twinkling with astral radiations.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for insider. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA