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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
observer
    n 1: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through
         the senses [syn: perceiver, percipient, observer,
         beholder]
    2: an expert who observes and comments on something [syn:
       observer, commentator]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Observer \Ob*serv"er\, n.
   1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything;
      especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close
      and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer.
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            The observed of all observers.        --Shak.
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            Careful observers may foretell the hour,
            By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower. --Swift.
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   2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one
      who conforms to anything in practice. "Diligent observers
      of old customs." --Spenser.
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            These . . . hearkened unto observers of times.
                                                  --Deut. xviii.
                                                  14.
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   3. One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his
      promises.
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   4. A sycophantic follower. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Thesaurus Results for Observer:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
TV-viewer, ace, air force, beholder, bird-watcher, bomber pilot, bystander, combat pilot, drugstore cowboy, examinant, examiner, eyewitness, fighter pilot, flyboy, gaper, gazer, gazer-on, girl-watcher, goggler, inspector, investigator, kibitzer, looker, looker-on, military pilot, naval pilot, ogler, onlooker, perceiver, percipient, scrutineer, seer, sidewalk superintendent, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix, suicide pilot, televiewer, television-viewer, tester, video-gazer, viewer, visitator, visitor, watcher, witness
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