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English

Proper noun

A weekly British conservative political magazine; the oldest continually published magazine in the English language

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Looker-on; beholder; observer; witness.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet Spectator
n 1: 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" [syn: witness, viewer, watcher,
looker]
2: a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting
colors for toe and heel [syn: spectator pump]

Moby Dictionary
accepter , acquirer , addressee , aficionado , attender , attestant ,
attestator , attester , audience , auditor , auditory , beholder , buff ,
bystander , claqueur , cojuror , compurgator , congregation , consignee ,
deadhead , deponent , earwitness , eyewitness , fan , frequenter ,
gallery , gazer , getter , groundling , habitue , haunter , hearer ,
hired applauder , holder , house , informant , informer , listener ,
looker , looker-on , moviegoer , newer , observer , obtainer , onlooker ,
orchestra , pass holder , passerby , patron , payee , perceiver , pit ,
playgoer , procurer , receiver , recipient , seer , standee , swearer ,
taker , testifier , theater , theatergoer , trustee , viewer , visitor ,
voucher , watcher , witness