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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|offside|er}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|en-au-offsider.ogg|a=AU}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Australia|New Zealand|informal}} A [[partner]], [[assistant]], or [[deputy]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1987|author=Jill Bowen|title=Kidman: The Forgotten King|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=N3w4FqcofaUC&pg=PT161&dq=%22offsider%22%7C%22offsiders%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e8PET_6lB_CTiAffhd2uCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22offsider%22%7C%22offsiders%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false|page=unnumbered|year_published=2010
|passage=Kidman, riding hell for leather and carrying a heavy stockwhip, caught up with him soon after, or rather with his '''offsider''', who was tailing the mob, and demanded an explanation for their trespassing.<br>“Don′t ask me,” said the '''offsider'''. “You see the boss.”}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Michael Roberts|title=50 Years of Television in Australia|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Lmfg1kqBIQ0C&pg=PA59&dq=%22offsider%22%7C%22offsiders%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e8PET_6lB_CTiAffhd2uCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22offsider%22%7C%22offsiders%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false|page=59
|passage=With the 2005 incarnation of ''Temptation'', Livinia Nixon has completed the trifecta of TV seconds: variety '''offsider''', game show hostess and weather girl.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2007|author=[[w:Andrew Fraser (lawyer)|Andrew Fraser]]|title=Court in the Middle|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=c9k4Mr4HuzUC&pg=PT32&dq=%22offsider%22%7C%22offsiders%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e8PET_6lB_CTiAffhd2uCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22offsider%22%7C%22offsiders%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false|page=unnumbered|year_published=2010
|passage=Tom also brought an '''offsider'''. I will never forget the look on the faces of the airline staff when Big Tony hauled his shooter out and slammed it on the counter. Tom and his sidekick did the same. I couldn′t believe these blokes were armed and how cool everyone was about it.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=deffiors|dries off}}