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Synonyms for spectator

Grammar : Noun
Spell : spek-tey-ter, spek-tey-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛk teɪ tər, spɛkˈteɪ-

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Définition of spectator

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Latin spectator "viewer, watcher," from past participle stem of spectare "to view, watch" (see spectacle). Spectator sport is attested from 1943.
  • noun person who watches event
Example sentences :
  • She said, "The Spectator is not what it used to be in my father's time."
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Instead of trying to be the hero of his own history, he seeks to be the spectator of his own tragedy.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • I don't say who the man was, and I had nothing to do with the matter in any way except as a spectator.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • But it is this peculiar difference which renders them interesting and charming to the spectator.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • I used to turn as red as a poppy when I happened to meet the eye of some spectator.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Her reading was mostly in the Spectator, or in one of De Foe's works.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Suffering as he was, he resolved to be a spectator of what passed, and to watch narrowly.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
  • Spectator: Certainly a book which has not merely cleverness but real vitality.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • This number the spectator dialed on the phone Mr. Grace carried.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • The King was in a galley as spectator; the Queen was in another.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan

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