spectator

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  1. noun An observer of an event.

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  • In a word I feel as if you were not engrossed by your subject, but were sufficiently aloof from it to contemplate it as a spectator, which is an error in art. —  What I Remember, Volume 2
  • Information on how to visit the location during the process as a spectator is at www. deyoungproperties.com. —  Merced Sun-Star: front
  • Even though an attack from a spectator is a very rare situation, he is worried because according to him, some leaders of French teams have encouraged the fans to take the streets and the situation is very tense. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • It doesn't make sense, unless the spectator is an imbecile. —  Kakiblog.com
  • Only later was it discovered that the spectator was a huge Woods fan, meant no harm and that he owned a permit for the gun. —  TheGolfChannel Headlines
 

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observer ·  onlooker ·  listener ·  audience ·  reader ·  visitor ·  witness ·  traveller ·  critic ·  stranger ·  bystander ·  scholar

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spectator:   spectators
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin spectātor, from spectāre, to watch; see spectacle.

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  1. Early modern English spectatour; from French spectateur = Spanish Portuguese espectador = Italian spettatore, from Latin spectator, a beholder, from spectare, past participle spectatus, look at, behold: see spectant.
 

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/spɛkˈteɪtər/
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