Quote Originally Posted by Cosi View Post
You've clearly stated that Gandalf is not a Wizard because he is, instead, an angel. Given that he is described zero times as "an outsider" and a non-zero number of times as "a Wizard", it seems to me that if we are not trying to directly map him to a D&D Angel, Wizard is clearly the next-best fit.
Since "outsider" isn't a term in Middle Earth lore, I fail to see how that's relevant.