Spectator

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:18:31

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."

Shak.

Syn. -- Looker-on; beholder; observer; witness.

 

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