- spectator
- spectator (n.) 1580s, from L. spectator "viewer, watcher," from pp. stem of spectare "to view, watch" (see SPECTACLE (Cf. spectacle)). Spectator sport is attested from 1943.
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Spectator — defined as n. An observer of an event or person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer. The Spectator is the name of several publications.*The Spectator (1711), which is the one most often meant in historical contexts, a British publication… … Wikipedia
spectator — SPECTATÓR, OÁRE, spectatori, oare, s. m. şi f. Persoană care asistă la un spectacol artistic sau la o competiţie sportivă. ♦ Persoană martoră la o întâmplare, la un eveniment. – fr. spectateur (lat. lit. spectator). Trimis de pan111, 15.07.2004.… … Dicționar Român
spectator — spectator, observer, beholder, looker on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, kibitzer are comparable when they mean one who sees or looks upon something. Spectator can be used precisely in place of auditor for one that attends an… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Spectator — Spec*ta tor, n. [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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spectator — Spectator, The a magazine which contains articles about politics, important events, and the arts. There are separate British and US magazines called The Spectator. The magazine was started in the UK in 1711, by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Spectātor — Spectātor, 1) (lat.), Zuschauer in öffentlichen Spielen (s.d.); 2) (engl., spr. Specteter), der Titel einer englischen Zeitung … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Spectātor — (lat., »Zuschauer«), 1) (engl., spr. ßpecktēter) Titel einer berühmten, von Addison (s. d.) herausgegebenen englischen Wochenschrift; vgl. Moralische Wochenschriften. – 2) Pseudonym von F. X. Kraus (s. d. 3) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
spectator — index bystander, eyewitness Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Spectator — [spek teɪtə; englisch »Zuschauer«], 1828 von dem schottischen Journalisten Robert Stephen Rintoul (* 1787, ✝ 1858) gegründete britische Wochenschrift der Liberalradikalen, die u. a. von John Sankt Leo Strachey (* 1860, ✝ 1927) herausgegeben… … Universal-Lexikon
spectator — is spelt or, not er … Modern English usage
