Observer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Observer \Ob*serv"er\, n.
     1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything;
        especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close
        and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer.
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              The observed of all observers.        --Shak.
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              Careful observers may foretell the hour,
              By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower. --Swift.
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     2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one
        who conforms to anything in practice. "Diligent observers
        of old customs." --Spenser.
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              These . . . hearkened unto observers of times.
                                                    --Deut. xviii.
                                                    14.
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     3. One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his
        promises.
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     4. A sycophantic follower. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  observer
       n 1: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the
            senses [syn: {perceiver}, {beholder}]
       2: an expert who observes and comments on something [syn: {commentator}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "observer":
     TV-viewer, ace, air force, beholder, bird-watcher, bomber pilot,
     bystander, combat pilot, drugstore cowboy, examinant, examiner,
     eyewitness, fighter pilot, flyboy, gaper, gazer, gazer-on,
     girl-watcher, goggler, inspector, investigator, kibitzer, looker,
     looker-on, military pilot, naval pilot, ogler, onlooker, perceiver,
     percipient, scrutineer, seer, sidewalk superintendent, spectator,
     spectatress, spectatrix, suicide pilot, televiewer,
     television-viewer, tester, video-gazer, viewer, visitator, visitor,
     watcher, witness