Spectator

3 definitions found

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

  Spectator \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.


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     Syn: Looker-on; beholder; observer; witness.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spectator
       n 1: 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" [syn: {witness}, {viewer}, {watcher},
             {looker}]
       2: a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting
          colors for toe and heel [syn: {spectator pump}]

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

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "spectator":
     accepter, acquirer, addressee, aficionado, attender, attestant,
     attestator, attester, audience, auditor, auditory, beholder, buff,
     bystander, claqueur, cojuror, compurgator, congregation, consignee,
     deadhead, deponent, earwitness, eyewitness, fan, frequenter,
     gallery, gazer, getter, groundling, habitue, haunter, hearer,
     hired applauder, holder, house, informant, informer, listener,
     looker, looker-on, moviegoer, newer, observer, obtainer, onlooker,
     orchestra, pass holder, passerby, patron, payee, perceiver, pit,
     playgoer, procurer, receiver, recipient, seer, standee, swearer,
     taker, testifier, theater, theatergoer, trustee, viewer, visitor,
     voucher, watcher, witness