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spectator

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/spɛkˈteɪtər/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈspɛkteɪtɚ, spɛkˈteɪ-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(spek′tā tər, spek tā′-)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
spec•ta•tor /ˈspɛkteɪtɚ, spɛkˈteɪ-/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. one who watches;
    an onlooker;
    observer.
  2. a member of the audience at a public spectacle, display, etc.:We asked the spectators what they thought of the parade.
See -spec-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
spec•ta•tor  (spek′tā tər, spek tā′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who looks on or watches; onlooker;
    observer.
  2. a person who is present at and views a spectacle, display, or the like;
    member of an audience.
  3. ClothingAlso called spec′tator shoe′. a white shoe with a perforated wing tip and back trim, traditionally of dark brown, dark blue, or black but sometimes of a lighter color.
  • Latin spectātor, equivalent. to spectā(re), frequentative of specere to look, regard + -tor -tor
  • 1580–90

Spectator, The, 
  1. Journalisma weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
spectator /spɛkˈteɪtə/ n
  1. a person viewing anything; onlooker; observer
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from spectāre to watch; see spectacle
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