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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

Thesaurus Results for Spectator:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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