beholdern.
/bɪˈhəʊldə/ One who beholds, a watcher, looker on, spectator.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator
showerOE
beholderc1374
lookera1382
espiouressc1430
considererc1449
overseerc1450
regarder1525
surveyor1558
viewer1565
spectatora1586
regardant1590
aspector1603
supervisor1610
eyer1611
spectatrix1611
spectatress1632
speculator1647
contemplator1658
attender1665
espier1860
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. vi. 178 God byholder and forwiter of alle þinges.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 32 I haue sett þe a beholdar to þe hows of Israel.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCiii Beynge the very seers & beholders of his magesty.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rest of Esther xv. A God, which is the beholder & Sauioure of all thinges.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 121 All the beholders take his part with weeping. View more context for this quotation
1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. ii. xxix. 44 The multitude of Actors and Beholders, at the Mustering in Hide Park.
1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 404. ¶6 If Cælia would be silent, her Beholders would adore her.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 492 A sight to gladden the beholder's eye.
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