spectator

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/spɛkˈteɪtə/(UK)
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/spɛkˈteɪtə/(UK) · /ˈspɛkteɪtɚ/(US)

Definition of spectator

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.
    “The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.”
    “Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!””
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noun

  1. One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.
    “The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.”
    “Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!””
  2. One who observes, sees, or views something; an observer.
    “The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate + -or. Doublet of speculator.

Anagrams of spectator

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