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Definition of Eyewitness
1. Verb. Be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes.
2. Noun. A spectator who can describe what happened.
Definition of Eyewitness
1. n. One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.
Definition of Eyewitness
1. Noun. Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it. ¹
2. Verb. To be present at an event, and see it ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eyewitness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyewitness
Literary usage of Eyewitness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1915)
"THE " eyewitness " STORY. ... was communicated by the British Official eyewitness
present with General Headquarters, supplementing his continuous narrative ..."
2. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1896)
"... AM COPY of a PAPER from an eyewitness concerning /»/. 1779- the cruelties
after the battle of Culloden, in form of a letter to me, ROBERT FORBES. ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"The testimony of Swinton, himself an eyewitness, is more emphatic and complete.
' It took hardly more than ten ' minutes to decide the battle. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"To these con versions, Origen, an eyewitness, testifies in his "Contra Celsum" (I,
46; PG, XI, 746). ..."
5. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"You are an eyewitness to all our perplexities and all our wants. You know the
dangerous consequences of leaving the enemy in quiet possession of their ..."
6. A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands by Hugh Fraser (1910)
"... Description of an eyewitness — Fearful Loss of Life — Obsequies by Night —
The Emperor Closes all the Theatres — Inspects Them Himself and Orders Proper ..."
7. The Canadian War of 1812 by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"The name of Indian, or the sight of the wound< or the devil, or something else,
petrified them,' wrote eyewitness ; ' not a regiment, not a company, ..."
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