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spectator
[ spek-tey-ter, spek-tey- ]
noun
- a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- a person who is present at and views a spectacle, display, or the like; member of an audience.
- Also called spectator shoe. a white shoe with a perforated wing tip and back trim, traditionally of dark brown, dark blue, or black but sometimes of a lighter color.
spectator
/ spɛkˈteɪtə /
noun
- a person viewing anything; onlooker; observer
Other Words From
- spec·ta·to·ri·al [spek-t, uh, -, tawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, tohr, -], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of spectator1
Word History and Origins
Origin of spectator1
Example Sentences
Boos came from some of the families and friends in the spectator seats.
These days, authoritative feminist discourse is no longer just a spectator sport.
He breaks down the divide between himself, as performer, and the fan, as spectator.
Then one daring, possibly planted, spectator interrupted the show to profess her crush.
“Bill Clinton provided a lot of laughter to me and to The American Spectator,” he said.
Nor was Mr. Bumbles gloom the only thing calculated to awaken a pleasing melancholy in the bosom of a spectator.
Old Warrender would lean on his daisy-spud a pleased spectator of the Arcadian scene.
From that day he must consider himself cut off from human beings, active life; he no longer lives—he is the spectator of life.
His face was, moreover, mottled with dusky spots, so that he reminded the spectator of a frog or a toad.
Happily in the pages of the ‘Tatler’ and ‘Spectator’ there is stored up for us the best and rarest of that quiet wisdom.
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