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Definition of Spectator
1. Noun. A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind). "Sky watchers discovered a new star"
Generic synonyms: Beholder, Observer, Perceiver, Percipient
Specialized synonyms: Browser, Bystander, Cheerer, Eyewitness, Gawker, Motion-picture Fan, Moviegoer, Ogler, Looker-on, Onlooker, Playgoer, Theatergoer, Theatregoer, Rubberneck, Rubbernecker, Spy, Starer, Peeper, Peeping Tom, Voyeur
Derivative terms: Look, Spectate, View, Watch, Watch, Witness
2. Noun. A woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel.
Definition of Spectator
1. n. 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.
Definition of Spectator
1. Noun. One who observes an event; an observer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spectator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spectator
Literary usage of Spectator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1865)
"Spectator. With notes and lives of the Authors by K. Bissett, Lond. ... Spectator,
with Lives of the Authors, introductory titles to each paper and ..."
2. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Spectator со. Illinois. Industrial insuranca commission. ... Spectator. Insurance,
Fire. Law, K E. Method of deducing liability rates. ..."
3. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"A convenient edition of The Spectator is the reprint of the first edition, in
Everyman's ... 1 of 2hf Spectator (Everyman's Library, London and New York. ..."
4. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1903)
"It would be a serious error indeed to think of Addi- son as a mere imitator of
the Caracteres, as Marivaux was later of the Spectator, ..."
5. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"This periodical itself, and the less known ones that followed the Spectator, all
contain exercises in this character: but it is to the Spectator that men ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"But this was Addison's kindliness; he wished to give the promising youth a lesson
against a bad habit, licad the whole paper (Spectator, ..."
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