beholder

be·hold

B0165100 (bĭ-hōld′)v. be·held (-hĕld′), be·hold·ing, be·holds v.tr. To see, look upon, or gaze at: I beheld a figure in the distance. See Synonyms at see¹.v.intr. Used in the imperative for the purpose of calling attention.

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[Middle English biholden, from Old English behaldan : be-, be- + healdan, to hold.]

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be·hold′er n.

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beholder - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the sensesobserver, perceiver, percipientindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"eyeglass wearer - a person who wears spectacles in order to see betterdiscoverer, finder, spotter - someone who is the first to observe somethingattender, auditor, hearer, listener - someone who listens attentivelyaudile - one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motormotile - one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of actionnoticer - someone who takes notice; "a careful noticer of details"seer - an observer who perceives visually; "an incurable seer of movies"looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness - a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"visualiser, visualizer - one whose prevailing mental imagery is visualwitness, witnesser, informant - someone who sees an event and reports what happened

beholder

nounSomeone who observes:bystander, looker-on, observer, onlooker, spectator, watcher.

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