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spectator

Pronunciation:  'spekteytur

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel
  2. [n]  a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
 
 Synonyms: looker, spectator pump, viewer, watcher, witness
 
 See Also: beholder, browser, bystander, cheerer, eyewitness, looker-on, motion-picture fan, moviegoer, observer, ogler, onlooker, peeper, Peeping Tom, perceiver, playgoer, pump, pumps, rubberneck, spy, starer, theatergoer, theatregoer, voyeur

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spec*ta"tor\, n. [L. spectator: cf. F. spectateur.
See {Spectacle}.]
One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is
personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the
spectators at a show. ``Devised and played to take
spectators.''

 

 

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