spectator

spec·ta·tor

S0617500 (spĕk′tā′tər)n. An observer of an event, especially a sports contest.

[Latin spectātor, from spectāre, to watch; see spectacle.]

spec′ta·to′ri·al (-tə-tôr′ē-əl) adj.spec′ta·tor·ship′ n.

spectator

(spɛkˈteɪtə) na person viewing anything; onlooker; observer[C16: from Latin, from spectāre to watch; see spectacle]

spec•ta•tor

(ˈspɛk teɪ tər, spɛkˈteɪ-)

n. 1. a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer. 2. a member of the audience at a public spectacle, display, or the like. 3. Also called spec′tator shoe`. a white shoe with a wing tip and various trims, often perforated, in a contrasting color. [1580–90; < Latin spectātor <spectā(re), frequentative of specere to look] spec`ta•to′ri•al (-təˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spectator - 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"looker, viewer, watcher, witnessbeholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the sensesbrowser - a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particularbystander - a nonparticipant spectatorcheerer - a spectator who shouts encouragementeyewitness - a spectator who can describe what happenedgawker - a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awarenessmotion-picture fan, moviegoer - someone who goes to see moviesogler - a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another personlooker-on, onlooker - someone who looks onplaygoer, theatergoer, theatregoer - someone who attends the theaterrubbernecker, rubberneck - a person who stares inquisitivelyspy - a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"starer - a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility)peeper, Peeping Tom, voyeur - a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
	2.	spectator - a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heelspectator pumppump - a low-cut shoe without fastenings

spectator

noun onlooker, observer, viewer, witness, looker-on, watcher, eyewitness, bystander, beholder Thirty thousand spectators watched the final game.
participant, contributor, party, player, contestant, partaker, participator

spectator

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

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spectator

(spekˈteitə) , ((American) ˈspekteitər) noun a person who watches (an event). Fifty thousand spectators came to the match.观众specˈtate verb to be a spectator (at an event). 观看

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Spectator

Spectator,

English daily periodical published jointly by Joseph AddisonAddison, Joseph,
1672–1719, English essayist, poet, and statesman. He was educated at Charterhouse, where he was a classmate of Richard Steele, and at Oxford, where he became a distinguished classical scholar.
..... Click the link for more information. and Richard SteeleSteele, Sir Richard,
1672–1729, English essayist and playwright, b. Dublin. After studying at Charterhouse and Oxford, he entered the army in 1694 and rose to the rank of captain by 1700. His first book, a moral tract entitled The Christian Hero, appeared in 1701.
..... Click the link for more information. with occasional contributions from other writers. It succeeded the Tatler, a periodical begun by Steele on Apr. 12, 1709, under the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff. The Tatler appeared twice weekly until it ended Jan. 2, 1711. The Spectator began Mar. 1, 1711, appearing as a daily, and lasted until Dec. 6, 1712. Valuable as social history, the papers (dated from various London coffeehouses) provide an excellent commentary on the manners, morals, and literature of the day. The Spectator was supposedly written by members of a small club, representing figures of the British middle class: Sir Roger de Coverley (country gentry), Captain Sentry (military), Sir Andrew Freeport (commerce), Will Honeycomb (town), and Mr. Spectator himself. Addison joined Steele in writing the Tatler and continued his collaboration with him, writing about the same number of articles, in the Spectator. Both periodicals had a tremendous influence on public opinion and gave great impetus to the growth of journalism and periodical writing. The Spectator, which was succeeded by the Guardian, was revived for a time by Addison in 1714.

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See edition of the Spectator by G. Smith (1945); studies by G. S. Streatfeild (1923) and R. P. Bond (1971).

Spectator

a British weekly journal of conservative orientation. Published in London since 1828, Spectator deals with political, economic, and cultural issues. Circulation, more than 30,000 (1975).

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noun onlooker

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noun someone who observes

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noun a close observer

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noun a woman's pump with medium heel

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