eyewitness

[ noun ahy-wit-nis, ahy-wit-nis; verb ahy-wit-nis ]
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noun
  1. a person who actually sees some act, occurrence, or thing and can give a firsthand account of it: There were two eyewitnesses to the murder.

verb (used with object)
  1. to view with one's own eyes: to eyewitness a murder.

Origin of eyewitness

1
First recorded in 1530–40; eye + witness

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British Dictionary definitions for eyewitness

eyewitness

/ (ˈaɪˌwɪtnɪs) /


noun
    • a person present at an event who can describe what happened

    • (as modifier): an eyewitness account

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