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Webster 1913 Edition


Spectator

Spec-ta′tor

,
Noun.
[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.
Syn. – Looker-on; beholder; observer; witness.

Webster 1828 Edition


Spectator

SPECTA'TOR

,
Noun.
[L. whence]
1.
One that looks on; one that sees or beholds; a beholder; as the spectators of the show.
2.
One personally present. The spectators were numerous.

Definition 2024


spectator

spectator

English

A group of spectators at a rowing event.

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Noun

spectator (plural spectators)

  1. One who watches an event; especially, one held outdoors.
    The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.
    • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
      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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Latin

Etymology

Latin agent noun from perfect passive participle spectātus, from frequentative form spectō (watch), from speciō (look at).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /spekˈtaː.tor/, [spɛkˈtaː.tɔr]

Noun

spectātor m (genitive spectātōris); third declension

  1. spectator, watcher

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative spectātor spectātōrēs
genitive spectātōris spectātōrum
dative spectātōrī spectātōribus
accusative spectātōrem spectātōrēs
ablative spectātōre spectātōribus
vocative spectātor spectātōrēs

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